отара

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• IPA^(key):

ота́ра • (otára) f inan (genitive ота́ры, nominative plural ота́ры, genitive plural ота́р)

1. flock (of sheep)

   Synonym: ста́до (stádo)

   • 1887, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Счастье; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Happiness, 1918:

     У широ́кой степно́й доро́ги, называ́емой больши́м шля́хом, ночева́ла ота́ра ове́ц.

     U širókoj stepnój dorógi, nazyvájemoj bolʹším šljáxom, nočevála otára ovéc.

     A flock of sheep was spending the night on the broad steppe road that is called the great highway.

• аорта (aorta)

Borrowed from Turkic. Compare Crimean Tatar otar (“pasture; flock of sheep”).

• IPA^(key):

ота́ра • (otára) f inan (genitive ота́ри, nominative plural ота́ри, genitive plural ота́р)

1. flock (of sheep or goats)
2. (figuratively, derogatory) crowd, herd (a large amount of people)

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “отара”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “отара”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “отара”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN

• аорта (aorta)