огородник

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Russian

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Etymology

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огоро́д (ogoród) +‎ -ник (-nik)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɐɡɐˈrodʲnʲɪk]

Noun

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огоро́дник (ogoródnikm anim (genitive огоро́дника, nominative plural огоро́дники, genitive plural огоро́дников, feminine огоро́дница)

  1. market gardener, truck farmer (one who grows produce for sale at a market)
    • 1925, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “Глава 8. История в совхозе”, in Роковые яйца; English translation from K. M. Cook-Horujy, transl., The Fateful Eggs, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:
      В ку́хне горе́ла ла́мпочка, там у́жинали два огоро́дника, а мада́м Рокк в бе́лом капо́те сиде́ла на коло́нной вера́нде и, мечта́ла, гля́дя на краса́вицу-луну́.
      V kúxne goréla lámpočka, tam úžinali dva ogoródnika, a madám Rokk v bélom kapóte sidéla na kolónnoj veránde i, mečtála, gljádja na krasávicu-lunú.
      A lamp shone in the kitchen, where the two market-gardeners were having supper, – and Madame Feight was sitting in a white neglige on the columned veranda, gazing at the beautiful moon and dreaming.

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Descendants

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  • Finnish: korotniekka (historic, Viipuri slang)