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]
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Noun

ва́тог • (vátog) m

  1. (dialectal) hearth
    Synonyms: наклада (naklada), огнище (ognište), пещник (peštnik)

Declension
Declension of ва́тог
singular plural
indefinite ва́тог
vátog		 ва́този
vátozi
definite
(subject form)		 ва́тогът
vátogǎt		 ва́тозите
vátozite
definite
(object form)		 ва́тога
vátoga
count form — ва́тога
vátoga
  • 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), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 123
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