ватник

From ва́та (váta, “cotton wool”) +‎ -ник (-nik).

For sense 2, from the clothing worn by Soviet citizens, and an online satirical cartoon by the cartoonist Anton Chadsky about a sentient jacket simply known as "ва́тник". The term was popularised by netizens in VKontakte and LIVEJOURNAL, and the Russian opposition in general.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvatʲnʲɪk]

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ва́тник • (vátnik) m inan or m anim (genitive ва́тника, nominative plural ва́тники, genitive plural ва́тников, feminine ва́тница, diminutive ва́тничек)

1. (inanimate) quilted jacket, vatnik

   Synonyms: фуфа́йка (fufájka), телогре́йка (telogréjka)

2. (animate, derogatory, neologism) vatnik, sovok, a zealous Russian jingoist

   Synonyms: сово́к (sovók), портя́нка (portjánka)

   1. (animate, derogatory, neologism, specifically) a supporter of Vladimir Putin or the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

      Synonyms: путини́ст (putiníst), зе́тник (zétnik)

   2. (derogatory, neologism, Ukraine, by extension) a soldier taking part in the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

• адеква́тник (adekvátnik, “a moderately patriotic Ukrainian nationalist”)
• ва́тничек (vátniček)
• ва́тничество (vátničestvo, “worldview, characteristics of a vatnik”)
• ва́тный (vátnyj)
• вышива́тник (vyšivátnik, “a Ukrainian ultranationalist”)

• → Armenian: վատնիկ (vatnik)
• → Azerbaijani: vatnik
• → Belarusian: ва́тнік (vátnik)
• → Chinese: 棉襖 / 棉袄 (mián'ǎo) (calque)
• → Crimean Tatar: vatnik
• → English: vatnik
• → Estonian: vatnik
• → French: vatnik
• → Georgian: ვატნიკი (vaṭniḳi)
• → German: Watnik
• → Latvian: vatņiks
• → Lithuanian: vatnikas
• → Swedish: vatnik
• → Ukrainian: ва́тник (vátnyk)
  • → English: vatnyk
• → Uzbek: vatnik

• зе́тник (zétnik, “a vatnik who uses the Z symbol, a supporter of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine”), зэ́тник (zɛ́tnik)

From Russian ва́тник (vátnik). By analysis, ва́та (váta) +‎ -ник (-nyk).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋatnek]

ва́тник • (vátnyk) m inan (genitive ва́тника, nominative plural ва́тники, genitive plural ва́тників)

1. vatnik (jacket)
2. (derogatory, neologism) vatnik (Russian jingoist)
   • 2023 September 14, “Посібник для українського “ватника”: чутки, саботаж, «орієнтація» дітей… [Guide to being a Ukrainian "vatnik": misinformation, sabotage, "indoctrination" of children...]”, in UkrInform‎^[1]:
3. (derogatory, neologism, by extension) a Russian soldier who takes part in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

• → English: vatnyk

• вишива́тник (vyšyvátnyk)