ватог

Bulgarian

Etymology

Of Oghur origin, from Proto-Turkic *ōtag. Cognate with Turkish oda (“room”), whence dialectal Bulgarian одая (odaja, “storage room”).

Probably cognate with Old Church Slavonic ватахъ (vataxŭ, “chief, commander”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvatok]

• Audio:

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Noun

ва́тог • (vátog) m

1. (dialectal) hearth

   Synonyms: наклада (naklada), огнище (ognište), пещник (peštnik)

Declension

Declension of ва́тог

	singular	plural
indefinite	ва́тог vátog	ва́този vátozi
definite (subject form)	ва́тогът vátogǎt	ва́тозите vátozite
definite (object form)	ва́тога vátoga
count form	—	ва́тога vátoga

Related terms

• ватра (vatra, “torch”) (possibly)
• ватах (vatah, “chief-master of pottery furnace”) (possibly)
• одая (odaja, “room of a village house”)

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ватра”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 123