ватах

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Bulgarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Church Slavonic ватахъ (vataxŭ, chief, commander). Probably of Oghur origin,[1] related to dialectal Bulgarian ватог (vatog, hearth).

Alternatively, according to Vl. Georgiev (BER): a Thracian borrowing,[2] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (to lead).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [vɐˈtax]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

вата́х (vatáhm (relational adjective вата́хов or вата́шки)

  1. (dialectal) chief master at pottery furnace

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Biliarsky, Ivan (2011) “Word and Power in Mediaeval Bulgaria”, in East Central and Eastern Europe in Medieval Ages, 450 - 1450[1], Brill, page 40:ватахъ (subst. m.)
  2. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ватах, ватаф(ин)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 123

Russian[edit]

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Noun[edit]

ва́тах (vátaxf inan pl

  1. prepositional plural of ва́та (váta)