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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic ватахъ (vataxŭ, “chief, commander”). Probably of Oghur origin,[1] related to dialectal Bulgarian ватог (vatog, “hearth”).
Alternatively, according to Vl. Georgiev (BER): a Thracian borrowing,[2] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”).
Pronunciation
Noun
вата́х • (vatáh) m (relational adjective вата́хов or вата́шки)
- (dialectal) chief master at pottery furnace
Declension
- ватог (vatog, “hearth”) (probably)
- вигня́ (vignjá, “pottery furnace”)
References
- ^ Biliarsky, Ivan (2011) “Word and Power in Mediaeval Bulgaria”, in East Central and Eastern Europe in Medieval Ages, 450 - 1450, Brill, page 40: “ватахъ (subst. m.)”
- ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ватах, ватаф(ин)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 123
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
ва́тах • (vátax) f inan pl
- prepositional plural of ва́та (váta)