"богомолка" meaning in Bulgarian

See богомолка in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [boɡoˈmɔɫkɐ] Audio: LL-Q7918 (bul)-Kiril kovachev-богомолка.wav
Etymology: Formed as бог (bog, “god”) + -о- (-o-) + мо́лка (mólka, “prayer, requester”) (non-standard), in reference to the "praying-like" stature of the insect. A near calque of Ancient Greek μᾰ́ντῐς (mắntĭs, “soothsayer”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian бого̀мо̄љка, Slovene bogomọ̑lka, Russian богомо́л (bogomól). Compare also analogous German Gottesanbeterin (“mantis”, literally “God-worshipper”). Etymology templates: {{compound|bg|бог|-о-|мо́лка|qq3=non-standard|t1=god|t3=prayer, requester}} бог (bog, “god”) + -о- (-o-) + мо́лка (mólka, “prayer, requester”) (non-standard), {{cal|bg|grc|μᾰ́ντῐς|nocap=1|t=soothsayer}} calque of Ancient Greek μᾰ́ντῐς (mắntĭs, “soothsayer”), {{cog|sh|бого̀мо̄љка}} Serbo-Croatian бого̀мо̄љка, {{cog|sl|bogomọ̑lka}} Slovene bogomọ̑lka, {{cog|ru|богомо́л}} Russian богомо́л (bogomól), {{cog|de|Gottesanbeterin||mantis|lit=God-worshipper}} German Gottesanbeterin (“mantis”, literally “God-worshipper”) Head templates: {{bg-noun|богомо́лка|f}} богомо́лка • (bogomólka) f Inflection templates: {{bg-ndecl|богомо́лка<(v)>}} Forms: богомо́лка [canonical], bogomólka [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], богомо́лка [indefinite, singular], богомо́лки [indefinite, plural], богомо́лката [definite, singular], богомо́лките [definite, plural], богомо́лко [singular, vocative], богомо́лки [plural, vocative]
  1. praying mantis (dictyopteran insect of order Mantodea) Categories (lifeform): Insects Related terms: богомо́лец (bogomólec) (english: god-warshipper, pilgrim), молба́ (molbá) (english: plea, request), моли́тва (molítva) (english: prayer)
    Sense id: en-богомолка-bg-noun-OPMqwY6d Categories (other): Bulgarian entries with incorrect language header, Bulgarian terms interfixed with -о-, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
     
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          "roman": "bogomólec",
          "word": "богомо́лец"
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        {
          "english": "plea, request",
          "roman": "molbá",
          "word": "молба́"
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        {
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          "roman": "molítva",
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