пъдар

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, пъ́дя (pǎ́dja, “to chase away”) +‎ -ар (-ar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐˈdar]
  • Rhymes: -ar

Noun

пъда́р • (pǎdár) m

  1. guard, patrol, watchman

Declension

Alternative forms

  • пада́р (padár), пуда́р (pudár) — dialectal
  • пънда́р (pǎndár) — in dialects with preserved nasalism
  • панду́р (pandúr, “pandur”) (Hundarian loanword, possibly of Slavic origin, akin to the current term)

References

  • “пъдар”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “пъдар”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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