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ханш

/[xanʃ]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    haunch, loin (transitional body part that connects the legs to the torso)
  2. 2.
    colloquialwaist
    • те́сен ханш

      tésen hanšthin waist

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms
  • та́лия
Related words (3)
  • таз
  • слабина́
  • чата́л

Etymology

Borrowed from French hanche (whence also English haunch). Superseded native лѧдвьѥ (lędvĭje), preserved as obsolescent ле́джа (lédža, “lineage, descent”) (in figurative sense).

Forms

  • hanšromanization
  • ха́ншчеdiminutive
  • ханшindefinite • singular
  • ха́ншовеindefinite • plural
  • ха́ншътdefinite • singular • subjective
  • ха́ншоветеdefinite • plural • subjective
  • ха́ншаdefinite • objective • singular
  • ха́ншоветеdefinite • objective • plural
  • -count-form • singular
  • ха́ншаcount-form • plural

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