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Bulgarian
Etymology
From вой (voj, “army”) (dated) + -е- (-e-) + нача́лник (načálnik, “conductor, leader”), 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
Noun
военача́лник • (voenačálnik) m
- army commander
- Synonyms: воево́да (voevóda), пълково́дец (pǎlkovódec), команди́р (komandír)
Declension
References
- “военачалник”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “военачалник”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010