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Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
погон • (pogon) m
- drive (e.g. four-wheel drive)
Declension
Russian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
пого́н • (pogón) m inan (genitive пого́на, nominative plural пого́ны, genitive plural пого́н) (shoulder strap)
- shoulder strap, shoulder board, shoulder mark (epaulette) (military insignia)
Declension
Noun
пого́н • (pogón) m inan (genitive пого́на, nominative plural пого́ны, genitive plural пого́нов) (turret ring)
- (of a tank) turret ring (погон башни)
Declension
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
As if from по- + гон- (“to chase, to drive”) or equivalently from по̀гонити.
Likely after Czech pohon.
Noun
по̀гон m (Latin spelling pògon)
- drive, propulsion (energy or force which produces movement)
- motor (source or means of harnessing energy)
- workshop, plant, works
- (hunting) ambush hunting
- (regional) grazing (leading of the cattle to the pasture)