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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьrtъpъ. Attested with the meaning “cave, garden” in Old Church Slavonic врьтъпъ (vrĭtŭpŭ), whence Romanian Vârtop (toponym).

By surface analysis, въ́ртя (vǎ́rtja, to turn, to whirl) +‎ -оп (-op).

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  • IPA(key): [vɐrˈtɔp]
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върто́п (vǎrtópm

  1. whirlpool
    Synonym: водовърте́ж (vodovǎrtéž)
  2. (dialectal) narrow infundibular formation, depression (landscape formation)

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