войвода

From Proto-Slavic *vojevoda.

• IPA^(key): [vojˈvɔdɐ]

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• Rhymes: -ɔdɐ

войво́да • (vojvóda) m

1. voivode, leader, chieftain
   • 1909, “Тих бял Дунав [Still White Danube Undulates]”, Ivan Vazov (lyrics), Иван Караджов (music)‎^[1]:

     Аз съм бъ́лгарски войво́да, мо́мци ми са тез;
     ний лети́ме за свобо́да, кръв да ле́ем днес.

     Az sǎm bǎ́lgarski vojvóda, mómci mi sa tez;
     nij letíme za svobóda, krǎv da léem dnes.

     I am a Bulgarian voivode, and these are my men;
     we fly for freedom, blood to spill today.

• “войвода”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “войвода”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Inherited from Old Slovak vojvoda, from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn воєво́да, войво́да (vojevóda, vojvóda) and Slovak vojvoda.

• IPA^(key): [vɔjˈvɔda]
• Rhymes: -ɔda
• Hyphenation: вой‧во‧да

войвода (vojvoda) m pers (feminine equivalent войводкиня)

1. (historical) duke, voivode, chieftain

   Synonym: герцеґ (herceg)

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “војвода”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 136
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “войвода”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “duke”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 94