воевода

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”).

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воево́да • (voevóda) m (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)

• войво́да (vojvóda)

• войво́дство (vojvódstvo, “voivodeship”)

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

• “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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda.

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

1. voivode, governor of province, duke