охрана

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Polish ochronabor.?

Russian охра́на (oxrána)bor.

Bulgarian охрана

Borrowed from Russian охра́на (oxrána).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oˈxranɐ]
• Rhymes: -anɐ
• Syllabification^(key): о‧хра‧на
• Hyphenation^(key): ох‧ра‧на

Noun

охра́на • (ohrána) f

1. guarding, protection, security (the act or process of guarding, protecting, or securing someone or something)

   Сградата е под постоянна охрана.

   Sgradata e pod postojanna ohrana.

   The building is under constant guard.

   Полицията осигури охрана на събитието.

   Policijata osiguri ohrana na săbitieto.

   The police provided security for the event.

2. security, guard (people whose duty is to guard, protect, or secure a person, place, or object)

   Охраната не допусна никого без пропуск.

   Ohranata ne dopusna nikogo bez propusk.

   The security did not admit anyone without a pass.

   Пред входа стоеше частна охрана.

   Pred vhoda stoeše častna ohrana.

   Private security stood at the entrance.

3. bodyguard, escort, protective detail (a person or group assigned to protect an important or endangered person)

   Министърът пристигна с въоръжена охрана.

   Ministărăt pristigna s văorăžena ohrana.

   The minister arrived with armed bodyguards.

4. custody, safekeeping, care (the keeping or preservation of something so that it is not damaged, lost, or stolen)

   Документите бяха предадени на охрана в архива.

   Dokumentite bjaha predadeni na ohrana v arhiva.

   The documents were handed over for safekeeping in the archive.

Declension

Declension of охра́на

	singular	plural
indefinite	охра́на ohrána	охра́ни ohráni
definite	охра́ната ohránata	охра́ните ohránite

References

• “охрана”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “охрана”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Etymology

Likely borrowing from Polish ochrona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈxranə]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anə

Noun

охра́на • (oxrána) f inan (genitive охра́ны, nominative plural охра́ны, genitive plural охра́н, relational adjective охра́нный)

1. guarding, protection
2. (collective) guards
3. security

Declension

Declension of охра́на (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	охра́на oxrána	охра́ны oxrány
genitive	охра́ны oxrány	охра́н oxrán
dative	охра́не oxráne	охра́нам oxránam
accusative	охра́ну oxránu	охра́ны oxrány
instrumental	охра́ной, охра́ною oxránoj, oxránoju	охра́нами oxránami
prepositional	охра́не oxráne	охра́нах oxránax

Related terms

• охра́нник (oxránnik)
• охраня́ть (oxranjátʹ)

Descendants

• → Armenian: ախռանա (axṙana)