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Bulgarism.

Bulgarian nationalism.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. Bulgarian nationalism.

    countable · uncountable

  2. A Bulgarian idiom or turn of phrase.

    countable · rhetoric · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Turkic *bulga-der. Proto-Turkic *bulgar Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀 (b¹wl¹g¹a) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Old Church Slavonic -инъ (-inŭ) Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ)bor. Medieval Latin Bulgarusbor. English Bulgarder. Latin -iader. English -iader. English Bulgaria Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Bulgarism From Bulgaria + -ism.

noun

  1. An ethnonationalist ideology centered upon the revival of the Volga Bulgar identity (of which the modern Tatar, Bashkir, and Chuvash people are considered descendants).

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Russian булга́р (bulgár) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor. Latin -ismusbor. French -ismebor. Russian -и́зм (-ízm) Russian Булгари́зм (Bulgarízm)bor. English Bulgarism Borrowed from Russian Булгари́зм (Bulgarízm). By surface analysis, Bulgar + -ism.

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