Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ortajь. By surface analysis, ора́ (orá, “to plow”) + -тай (-taj).
рата́й • (ratáj) m (feminine рата́йка)
- farmhand (person who works in agriculture)
- Synonyms: арга́тин (argátin), фéрмер (férmer)
- “ратай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “ратай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010