котар

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kotarъ, possibly from *kotiti (“to roll, to span”) + -ар (-ar). Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary tentatively compares it with Latin catēna (“chain”), whence loanword Bulgarian катина́р (katinár, “padlock”).

• IPA^(key): [koˈtar]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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кота́р • (kotár) m (dialectal)

1. corner, niche within some area or а room
2. pen, fold (enclosure for livestock)

• ко́тара f (kótara)

• кота́рник (kotárnik, “pigsty”) (dialectal)

• коте́ц (kotéc) (dialectal)
  • ко́чина (kóčina, “pigsty”)
• ко́тарица (kótarica, “basket”) (dialectal)

• “котар¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1897), “кота́ръ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 403
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “котар”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 671

• котара f (kotara)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔtar]
• Hyphenation: ко‧тар

котар • (kotar) m (plural котари, diminutive котарче)

1. pen (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals), used to contain domesticated animals, especially cattle

   Synonym: трло n (trlo)

• котрр! (kotrr!) (Interjection)

Only attested in South Slavic; compare dialectal Bulgarian котар (kotar).

• IPA^(key): /kôtaːr/
• Hyphenation: ко‧тар

ко̏та̄р m anim (Latin spelling kȍtār)

1. country, district

• “котар”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025