воевода

See also: воѥвода

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vojevoda, identical to вой (voj, “army”) (dated) +‎ -е- (-e-) +‎ вод (vod, “conduction”), a calque of Ancient Greek στρατηγός (stratēgós) (or formed in the same logic as it). Compare the Germanic borrowing херцо́г (hercóg, “duke”) from Proto-Germanic *harjatugô (“army commander”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [voɛˈvɔdɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ɔdɐ
• Syllabification^(key): во‧е‧во‧да
• Hyphenation^(key): во‧ево‧да

Noun

воево́да • (voevóda) m or f (relational adjective воево́дски)

1. army commander

   Synonyms: военача́лник (voenačálnik), пълково́дец (pǎlkovódec), команди́р (komandír)

2. (historical) voivode, duke (heraldic title among West Slavs)

   Synonym: херцо́г (hercóg)

Declension

Declension of воево́да

	singular	plural
indefinite	воево́да voevóda	воево́ди voevódi
definite	воево́дата voevódata	воево́дите voevódite
vocative form	воево́до voevódo	воево́ди voevódi

Alternative forms

• войво́да (vojvóda)

Derived terms

• войво́дство (vojvódstvo, “voivodeship”)

Related terms

• войска́ (vojská, “army”)
• вожд (vožd), вода́ч (vodáč), води́ч (vodíč, “leader”)

References

• “воевода”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “воевода”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [və(j)ɪˈvodə]

• Audio:

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Noun

воево́да • (vojevóda) m anim (genitive воево́ды, nominative plural воево́ды, genitive plural воево́д)

1. voivode, governor of province, duke

Declension

Declension of воево́да (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	воево́да vojevóda	воево́ды vojevódy
genitive	воево́ды vojevódy	воево́д vojevód
dative	воево́де vojevóde	воево́дам vojevódam
accusative	воево́ду vojevódu	воево́д vojevód
instrumental	воево́дой, воево́дою vojevódoj, vojevódoju	воево́дами vojevódami
prepositional	воево́де vojevóde	воево́дах vojevódax

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “война”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.