варнак

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Etymology[edit]

Probably from Chuvash вӑрла (vărla, to steal)

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Noun[edit]

варна́к (varnákm anim (genitive варна́ка, nominative plural варна́ки, genitive plural варна́ков)

  1. (dialectal) a criminal person, a highwayman
  2. (dialectal, archaic) an escaped deportee from a penal colony (usually escaped from a penal colony in Siberia to some village also in Siberia or Manchuria)

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