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zvinka

15:59 Jun 11, 2008
Bulgarian to Italian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / literature
Bulgarian term or phrase: zvinka
in a novel a rumenian character utters this word (because he likes the sound of it) but there is no indication of the meaning...
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4a jingle, a ringing sound
katiaconsalvo


  

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a jingle, a ringing sound


Explanation:
There is no such word in Bulgarian, but it is similar to the verb звъня which means "clang, ding, ding-dong". There is a proper female name in Ukrainian Dzvinka and maybe in other Slavic languages and its meaning is "ringing, clear".

katiaconsalvo
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