ватог
Bulgarian
editEtymology
editOf 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
editNoun
editва́тог • (vátog) m
Declension
editDeclension of ва́тог
Related terms
edit- ватра (vatra, “torch”) (possibly)
- ватах (vatah, “chief-master of pottery furnace”) (possibly)
- одая (odaja, “room of a village house”)
Further reading
edit- 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