Etymology

Bulgarism

Bul·gar·ism
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Today it means: Bulgarian nationalism. Full definition →

English Bulgaria ← Medieval Latin Bulgarus ← Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ)
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Bulgarism · noun1

  1. Proto-Turkic*bulga-
  2. Proto-Turkic*bulgar
  3. Old Turkic𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀 (b¹wl¹g¹a)
  4. Old Church Slavonicблъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ)
  5. Medieval LatinBulgarus
  6. EnglishBulgar
  7. EnglishBulgaria
  8. English todayBulgarism

From Bulgaria + -ism.

Bulgarism · noun2

  1. Russianбулга́р (bulgár)
  2. RussianБулгари́зм (Bulgarízm)
  3. English todayBulgarism

Borrowed from Russian Булгари́зм (Bulgarízm). By surface analysis, Bulgar + -ism.

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