ватог
Bulgarian
Etymology
Of Oghur origin, from Proto-Turkic *ōtag. Cognate with Turkish oda (“room”), whence dialectal Bulgarian одая (odaja, “storage room”).
Probably cognate with Old Church Slavonic ватахъ (vataxŭ, “chief, commander”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvatok]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation(key): ва‧тог
Noun
ва́тог • (vátog) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ва́тог vátog |
ва́този vátozi |
| definite (subject form) |
ва́тогът vátogǎt |
ва́тозите vátozite |
| definite (object form) |
ва́тога vátoga | |
| count form | — | ва́тога vátoga |
Related terms
- ватра (vatra, “torch”) (possibly)
- ватах (vatah, “chief-master of pottery furnace”) (possibly)
- одая (odaja, “room of a village house”)
Further reading
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ватра”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 123