Etymology

From Proto-SlavicCategory:Bulgarian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#ТЕГЛЯCategory:Bulgarian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#ТЕГЛЯ *tęgliti (sę), from *tęglo (“weight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛɡlʲɐ]Category:Bulgarian 2-syllable words#ТЕГЛЯCategory:Bulgarian terms with IPA pronunciation#ТЕГЛЯ

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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  Category:Bulgarian terms with audio pronunciation#ТЕГЛЯ
• Rhymes: -ɛɡlʲɐCategory:Rhymes:Bulgarian/ɛɡlʲɐ#ТЕГЛЯCategory:Rhymes:Bulgarian/ɛɡlʲɐ/2 syllables#ТЕГЛЯ
• Syllabification^(key): те‧гля
• Hyphenation^(key): тег‧ля

Verb

те́гля • (téglja) first-singular present indicative, impfCategory:Bulgarian lemmas#ТЕГЛЯCategory:Bulgarian verbs#ТЕГЛЯCategory:Bulgarian entries with incorrect language header#ТЕГЛЯCategory:Bulgarian imperfective verbs#ТЕГЛЯCategory:Pages with entries#ТЕГЛЯCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ТЕГЛЯ (transitiveCategory:Bulgarian transitive verbs#ТЕГЛЯ)

1. to drag, to pull, to haul

   те́гля каи́ша ― téglja kaíša ― to suffer (literally, “to pull the leash”)Category:Bulgarian terms with collocations#ТЕГЛЯ

2. to weigh (measure the weight of)
3. (colloquialCategory:Bulgarian colloquialisms#ТЕГЛЯ) to suck, to inhale

   Тегля цигара.

   Teglja cigara.

   I smoke a cigarette.

   Category:Bulgarian terms with usage examples#ТЕГЛЯ

4. to draw

   те́гля жре́бий ― téglja žrébij ― to draw lotsCategory:Bulgarian terms with collocations#ТЕГЛЯ

   те́гля куршу́ма ― téglja kuršúma ― to shoot (with a gun) (literally, “to draw the bullet”)Category:Bulgarian terms with collocations#ТЕГЛЯ

   те́гля но́жа ― téglja nóža ― to cut, to stab (literally, “to draw the knife”)Category:Bulgarian terms with collocations#ТЕГЛЯ

5. to withdraw (e.g. money from the bank)

   Synonym: изте́гля (iztéglja)

References

• “тегля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “тегля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “тегля”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, →ISBN