ватага

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Russian

Etymology

A Turkic borrowing with a sense development “tent, family” → “group of people”. Compare Turkish otağ (tent).

Pronunciation

Noun

вата́га (vatágaf inan (genitive вата́ги, nominative plural вата́ги, genitive plural вата́г)

  1. (slang) gang (big, noisy group of people)

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