цирей

From an earlier Bulgarian чи́рей (čírej), from Proto-Slavic *čirьjь. Equivalent to чир (čir, “ulcer”) (dialectal) +‎ -ей (-ej). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian чи̏р (“ulcer”), Slovene čȋr, čirȃj, Russian чи́рий (čírij), Ukrainian чи́р (čýr), чи́ряк (čýrjak), Polish сzуrеk.

Possibly a wanderwort found also in Greek σκίρρος (skírros, “callus”), Turkic (compare Turkish çirik (“pus”))

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sirɛj]

ци́рей • (círej) m

1. carbuncle, boil, abscess

   Synonyms: гно́йна ра́на (gnójna rána), абсце́с (abscés)

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