Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *pola (“skirt, fringe”). Either a semantic variation of Etymology 2 via the specialization “half of suit/dress” → skirt or derived from Proto-Slavic *polti (“to twine, to wind, to lace”). Compare Bulgarian поли́ pl (polí, “fells, mountain slopes”), Russian пол (pol, “floor, expanse”).
Noun
пола́ • (polá) f (diminutive поли́чка)
- skirt
- Synonym: фу́ста (fústa)
- (colloquial) lower fringe, hem of garment (e.g. shirt, gown, coat) or rug
- Synonym: до́лница (dólnica)
Declension
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Derived terms
- по́лка (pólka), по́лница (pólnica, “hem of shirt or blouse”)
- възпо́лка (vǎzpólka), озпо́лка (ozpólka), попо́лка (popólka, “embroidered pattern on skirt or dress”) (dialectal)
References
- “пола¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “пола”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пола”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 491
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “пола́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 145
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *pola (“half”), an abstract form of *polъ (“side, half”). May be etymologically identical with Etymology 1.
References
- “пола²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- пола in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"