ватага

From Old Chuvash *våtaɣ, *uotaɣ, from Proto-Turkic *ōtag. The sense developed from “tent, family” to “group of people”. Compare Turkish otağ (“tent”).

• IPA^(key): [vɐˈtaɡə]

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вата́га • (vatága) f inan (genitive вата́ги, nominative plural вата́ги, genitive plural вата́г)

1. (slang) gang (big, noisy group of people)

   Synonyms: гурьба́ (gurʹbá), ко́дла (kódla)

• → Kumyk: батагъа (batağa)

From Old Chuvash *våtaɣ, *uotaɣ, from Proto-Turkic *ōtag. The sense developed from “tent, family” to “group of people”. Compare Turkish otağ (“tent”).

• IPA^(key): [ʋɐˈtaɦɐ]

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вата́га • (vatáha) f inan (genitive вата́ги, nominative plural вата́ги, genitive plural вата́г, diminutive ватажо́к)

1. (slang) gang (big, noisy group of people)

• “ватага”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)