коврига

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin of this word is disputed. May be related to Finnish kaura, Serbo-Croatian кврга, Turkish gevrek or Norwegian kavring. Known from written sources from the 12th century. Has cognates as e.g. Bulgarian ковриг (kovrig) and Romanian covrig.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

коври́га (kovrígaf inan (genitive коври́ги, nominative plural коври́ги, genitive plural коври́г, relational adjective коври́жный, diminutive коври́жка or коври́жечка, augmentative коври́жища)

  1. a loaf, a korovai bread

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Descendants[edit]

  • Buryat: хүбэриг (xüberig)

References[edit]

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “коврига”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress