voivode
English
/ˈvɔɪvəʊd/
noun
Definitions
- A local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe, especially early semi-independent rulers of Transylvania.
- An administrative chief in modern Poland.
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda.
Origin
Proto-Slavic
*vojevoda
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- voivodeship English
- voivoda Latin
- воевода Russian
- Wajda Polish
- wojewoda Polish
- *vojevoda Proto-Slavic
- vévoda Czech
- vojvoda Serbo-Croatian
- војвода Serbo-Croatian
- воевода Bulgarian
- войвода Bulgarian
- ویوده Ottoman Turkish
- војвода Macedonian
- vojvoda Slovene
- воѥвода Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- våvådă Polabian