колиба

From a Paleo-Balkan substrate, attested at least from XIII-XIV century onwards. Found also in Ancient Greek καλύβη (kalúbē), however, a direct borrowing from Greek is formally impossible for phonetic reasons.

• IPA^(key): [koˈlibɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ibɐ
• Hyphenation^(key): ко‧ли‧ба

коли́ба • (kolíba) f

1. hut, cabin, shelter
2. (figurative) small, poor house

• коли́ва (kolíva) — dialectal, borrowed directly from Greek

• → Ottoman Turkish: قولبه (kulübe), قالبا (kalıba), قالبه (kalıba), قلبه (kulübe, kalıba), قولوبه (kulübe)
  • Turkish: kulübe

• “колиба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “колиба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “колиба”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 500
• колиба in Euthymius's dictionary

• Vasmer, Max (1912), “Kritisches und Antikritisches zur neueren slavischen Etymologie”, in Rocznik slawistyczny (in German), volume 5, pages 138–142

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καλύβη (kalúbē, “hut”), possibly via Ottoman Turkish قولوبه (kulübe, “hut”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔliba]

колиба • (koliba) f (diminutive колипка)

1. hut, cottage, cabin
2. shack

Ultimately from κολυβός (kolubós), an alternative form of Ancient Greek καλύβη (kalúbē, “hut”).

• IPA^(key): /kǒliba/
• Hyphenation: ко‧ли‧ба

ко̀либа f (Latin spelling kòliba)

1. hut, cottage, cabin

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