каторга

каторга • (katorga) f

1. penal servitude

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

From Byzantine Greek κάτεργον (kátergon, “galley; penal labor”), from Ancient Greek κάτεργος (kátergos).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkatərɡə]

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ка́торга • (kátorga) f inan (genitive ка́торги, nominative plural ка́торги, genitive plural ка́торг, relational adjective ка́торжный)

1. (type of punishment) penal servitude, hard labour
2. (figuratively) misery, hard life

• каторжа́нин (katoržánin)
• ка́торжник (kátoržnik)