минзухар

Bulgarian

минзухар (spec. Crocus flavus)

Etymology

Unclear. Perhaps reshaped from dialectal мингу́ш (mingúš, “earring”) +‎ -ар (-ar), from Classical Persian مَنْگوش (mangōš, “earring”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

минзуха́р • (minzuhár) m (diminutive минзуха́рче or минзуха́рец)

1. crocus (flower of genus Crocus)

Declension

Declension of минзуха́р

	singular	plural
indefinite	минзуха́р minzuhár	минзуха́ри minzuhári
definite (subject form)	минзуха́рят minzuhárjat	минзуха́рите minzuhárite
definite (object form)	минзуха́ря minzuhárja
count form	—	минзуха́ря minzuhárja

Coordinate terms

• шафра́н (šafrán, “saffron”)

References

• “минзухар”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “минзухар”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “минзухар”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 105