папур

Bulgarian

растение папур

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian papură, ultimately from Ancient Greek πᾰ́πῡρος (pápūros), of unclear further origin. Doublet of папи́рус (papírus), meaning “papyrus” (borrowed directly from Greek).

Noun

папу́р • (papúr) m

1. bulrush, cattail, reedmace (wetland plant of genus Typha)

   Synonyms: рого́з (rogóz), шaва́р (šavár)

Declension

Declension of папу́р

	singular	plural
indefinite	папу́р papúr	папу́ри papúri
definite (subject form)	папу́рът papúrǎt	папу́рите papúrite
definite (object form)	папу́ра papúra
count form	—	папу́ра papúra

Alternative forms

• папу́ра f (papúra)

References

• “папур”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “папур”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “папур”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 57