Old Bulgar words preserved in the modern Bulgarian language: U - F - KH

U.
 

Modern Bulgarian	Eastern analogies		Cluster_user's ottoman parallels
URUKI – the evil eye	The only analogy is the Dravidian URUKHI (‘to waste away, to perish’) [TAM, 980]

 
 
F.
 

Modern Bulgarian	Eastern analogies		Cluster_user's ottoman parallels
FARFALAK – a top, a whipping-top (in the district of Sofia, etc.)	FARFAR (‘to spin’) [GASK, 345]  FARFALAG (‘a top’) [LRS, 333]	Wakhi	turk. ferferek (whirligig) < pers. ferfereg (probably based on `ar. farfara (to flutter)
		Lezgin
FARFARA – feather-brain	Obviously derived from FARFAR (‘to spin’).  FARFARA literally meant ‘scatter-brained man’		turk. farfara (fickle, braggart) < `ar. farfara(t) (to flutter, normally rendered in turkish ferfere)
FASHKII – a dung	PKHAZH (‘horse’s manure’) [ChRS, 353]  WASHKAKH (‘horse’s manure’) [DE, 31]	Chechen
		Jazguljami
FISTAN – a sleeveless dress	Similar to the Persian FISTAN (‘a woman’s dickey, a plastron’) and the Pamirian PESTN (the same) [IJa, 225]	Ishkashimi	turk. fistan "women's dress" (generally cotton)  romance fustaneum "cotton dress" ital. fustagno ( `ar fusta:n, women's dress) turk. fistan < persian fista:n  also a meditarranean naval term, "a fabric for covering"  (tietze)
FTISHTI – silkworms (in the district of Stara Zagora)	PTISH (‘a caterpillar; a small rope’) [GASK, 419]	Wakhi
FUDUL – in the expression "na mojta fudul Todorka". ("To may FUDUL Todorka")	Compare to the Eastern Caucasian KHUTUL (‘tender, soft’) [EB]	Eastern Caucasian
FUKAM SE – to show off, to swank	Compare to the Pamirian FUK-FUK (‘to make noise’)	Pamirian
FSTK – a small child (dial.)	WSTK (‘an infant’) [GASK, 494]	Wakhi

 
 
KH.
 

Modern Bulgarian	Eastern analogies		Cluster_user's ottoman parallels
KHABJA – to waste, to spoil	KHABO (‘to bend, to warp’) [ChRS, 440]	Chechen
KHAVRA – a virgin land (in the district of Balchik)	The only analogy is the Pashto KHAWRAJ (‘a virgin soil’) [ARS, 311]	Pashto
KHAKAM – to beat, to hit	KHAK (‘to beat’) [DE, 333]	Jazguljami
KHALA – a whirlwind, a storm	KHALO (‘a disaster’), KHIALLAKALLA (‘a death’) [ChRS, 442]	Chechen
KHALISHTE – a fleecy rug	KHALI (‘a carpet’) [RPDS, 294] + the suffix -ISHTE.	Pamirian	turk. halI (xalI)- carpet with a pile, pers. qali: is regarded by *most* as a very early loanword form turkic. the "pamiri" forms are dari qa:li:, qa:li:n and pashto qa:li:na, *gh*a:l@y.
KHALOST – in the expression "na khalost" ("in vain, to no purpose").	KHALAJ (‘empty’) [DE, 305]	Jazguljami	KHALAJ < `ar. xa:li: ( persian xali:) "empty"  (I don't know about the bulgarian exrpession)
KHALOSVAM SE – to bang; to fool about	From the stem KHAL (‘empty’), see above.
KHALTAV – loose, slack	From the Eastern Caucasian KHALT (‘to to swing, to rock’)	Eastern Caucasian
KHAPKA – a mouthful, a bite	See KHAPJA below.
KHAPCHE – a pill	See KHAPJA below.		turk. hap < `ar. Habba(t) "a grain" {turko-pers. -c,e dimunitive}
KHAPJA – to bite	The only analogy is the Jazguljami KHKHAP (‘to bite off’) [DE, 209]	Jazguljami
KHARCHA – to spend (money, etc.)	A commonly found Pamirian – KHARCH, KHARC, and Eastern Caucasian – KHARZH word [ChRS, 443].	Pamirian	turk. harca= < `ar. xarc (expenditure, from "to go out")
		Eastern Caucasian
KHARO – in the expression "staro-kharo".	KHIAR (‘old, broken down with age’) [IJa, 249] KHARAJ in the Eastern Caucasus.	Ishkashimi, Pamirian
KHASHEVO – an extension, an outhouse	KHASH (‘an outhouse, a cattle-shed’) [ARS, 425]	Pashto
KHVRLJAM (KHVRGAM) – to throw	The only analogy is the Ishkashimi FRQND (‘to throw’) [IJa, 199]	Ishkashimi
KHVRCHA – to fly; to wing o.’s flight	FR (‘to fly round’) – Pamirian.	Pamirian
KHLZGAM SE (dial. LZGAM SE) – to slip, to slide	LZG (‘to slide’) – Pamirian.	Pamirian
KHLZGAV – slippery	A derivative from KHLZGAM SE, see above.
KHRANA – food, nourishment	See KHRANJA SE below.
KHRANJA SE – to eat	Identical to the Pamirian KHRAN and the Ossetian KHRAN (‘to eat’)	Pamirian
KHREMA – cold (in the head)	Identical to the Pamirian/Persian REM (‘secretions, snivel’) [SIJa, 194]	Pamirian
KHRILE – gills	Found only in the Caucasus.
KHUBAV – pretty, beautiful	A common Pamirian word, sounding as KHUB, KHUBAJ [DE, 261; etc.]	Jazguljami
KHUBAVO – well, nicely	From KHUBAV, see above.
KHUBOST – beauty, good looks	From KHUBAV, see above.  KHUBSI (‘beauty’) [DE, 251]	Jazguljami
KHUMBA – a pit in the ground used for storing grain (in Dobrudzha)	This type of pits are called KHUMBA in the Pamirs,  KHUMBAK is also ‘a barn’ [DE, 250]	Jazguljami
KHRBA, KHRBAV – bag of bones, skinny	KHAROB (‘skinny’) [DE, 207]	Jazguljami	turk. harap, hara^b "in ruins" < `ar. xara:b "in ruins" > KHAROB.
KHSH – an exile, an outcast; an army comrade	KHSH (‘a hero, a brave man; a close friend’) – Pamirian.	Pamirian

 
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