ватах

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

  • IPA(key): [vɐˈtax]
  • (file)

Noun

вата́х • (vatáh) m (relational adjective вата́хов or вата́шки)

  1. (dialectal) chief master at pottery furnace

Declension

Alternative forms

  • ватафин (vatafin)
  • ватог (vatog, “hearth”) (probably)
  • вигня́ (vignjá, “pottery furnace”)

References

  1. 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.)”
  2. Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ватах, ватаф(ин)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 123

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvatəx]

Noun

ва́тах • (vátax) f inan pl

  1. prepositional plural of ва́та (váta)
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