ватман

Bulgarian

Etymology

From French wattman, formed from watt (“unit of power”) + English man.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvatmɐn]

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Noun

ва́тман • (vátman) m (feminine ва́тманка)

1. tram driver, wattman

   От лавката ли си купи билета? Или директно от ватмана?

   Ot lavkata li si kupi bileta? Ili direktno ot vatmana?

   Did you buy yourself a ticket from the booth? Or directly from the tram driver?

Usage notes

• Although the term is ultimately derived from the English word man, it does not transmute to "woman" or similar in Bulgarian when describing a female tram driver.

Declension

Declension of ва́тман

	singular	plural
indefinite	ва́тман vátman	ва́тмани vátmani
definite (subject form)	ва́тманът vátmanǎt	ва́тманите vátmanite
definite (object form)	ва́тмана vátmana
count form	—	ва́тмана vátmana

Derived terms

• ва́тмански (vátmanski)

References

• “ватман”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “ватман”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ватман”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 123

Russian

Etymology

Shortening of ва́тманская бума́га (vátmanskaja bumága), from English Whatman paper, named after James Whatman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvatmən]

Noun

ва́тман • (vátman) m inan (genitive ва́тмана, nominative plural ва́тманы, genitive plural ва́тманов)

1. Whatman paper, wove paper (high-quality drawing paper)

   Synonym: ва́тманская бума́га (vátmanskaja bumága)

Declension

Declension of ва́тман (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ва́тман vátman	ва́тманы vátmany
genitive	ва́тмана vátmana	ва́тманов vátmanov
dative	ва́тману vátmanu	ва́тманам vátmanam
accusative	ва́тман vátman	ва́тманы vátmany
instrumental	ва́тманом vátmanom	ва́тманами vátmanami
prepositional	ва́тмане vátmane	ва́тманах vátmanax