джудже

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جوجه (cüce), from Persian جوجه (juje), interpreted as *-ę stem diminutive noun. Cognate with Macedonian џу́џе (džúdže).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʒo̟ˈdʒɛ]

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Noun

джудже́ • (džudžé) n

1. (mythology) dwarf (creature from folklore)
2. dwarf, midget (person or creature suffering from dwarfism)

Declension

Declension of джудже́

	singular	plural
indefinite	джудже́ džudžé	джудже́та džudžéta
definite	джудже́то džudžéto	джудже́тата džudžétata

References

• “джудже”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “джудже”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 369