# топор
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *toporъ. Either an Iranian borrowing (chronologically disputed) or from an expressive root related to Bulgarian те́пам (tépam, “to beat”), то́пам (tópam, “to bounce”) +‎ -ор (-or).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [toˈpɔr]

### Noun

топо́р • (topór) m
* axe, hatchet

#### Coordinate terms

* бра́два (brádva, “bearded axe”)
* секи́ра (sekíra, “splitting axe”)
* са́тър (sátǎr, “broad axe”)
* ки́рка (kírka, “pickaxe”)
* тесла́ (teslá, “adze”)

#### Derived terms

* топо́рище (topórište) (augmentative)

### References

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

### Anagrams

* прото- (proto-), ропот (ropot), отпор (otpor)

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* топо́ръ (topór) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic топоръ (toporŭ, “poleaxe”), from Proto-Slavic *toporъ. Further etymology is disputed.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tɐˈpor]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

топо́р • (topór) m inan (genitive топора́, nominative plural топоры́, genitive plural топоро́в, relational adjective топо́рный, diminutive топо́рик, augmentative топори́ще)
* axe, ax, hatchet
    пла́вать как топо́р ― plávatʹ kak topór ― swim like a stone

#### Usage notes

* This is the default and unmarked word for "axe". Every type of axe and battle-axe may be called топор, however, poleaxes and halberds are currently not widely considered to be axes by Russian speakers, as they are felt to be allied to spears and pikes, while for example the Dane axe is seen as an axe.

#### Coordinate terms

* секи́ра (sekíra) (dialectal, archaic)

#### Derived terms

* топори́ще n (toporíšče)

##### Phrases

* ка́ша из топора́ f (káša iz toporá)
* три топора́ (tri toporá)

### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “топор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

### Further reading

* Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “топоръ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 980
** Continuing: Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “топоръкъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 981
* Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “топор”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

### Anagrams

* ро́пот (rópot), отпо́р (otpór)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *toporъ, from an Iranian language. Compare Persian تبر (tabar).

### Noun

то̏пор m (Latin spelling tȍpor)
* (regional, rare) axe
    Synonyms: сјѐкира, сѐкира