[ˈkukɫɐ]
OriginBorrowed from Byzantine Greek κούκλα (koúkla), from Latin cucūlla. Doublet of гу́гла (gúgla, “hood”) and куку́л (kukúl, “pointed hat”) - direct borrowings from Latin.
- doll, puppet
- figurativelymanipulated person
“кукла на конци” — one who is led by someone else
- colloquial, figurativelycute girl, lolita
- dialectal, figurativelyyarn woven into 5 strands, which together look like a human figure
- dialectalhillock, cusp, rocky mound
- dialectalsnare, loop
- dialectaltype of ceremonial braided bread served on Easter day (specifically Вели́кденска ку́кла (Velíkdenska kúkla))
Formsку́кла(canonical, feminine) · kúkla(romanization) · ку́кла(indefinite, singular) · ку́кли(indefinite, plural) · ку́клата(definite, singular) · ку́клите(definite, plural) · ку́кло(singular, vocative) · ку́кли(plural, vocative)