hołota

Polish

noun

Definitions

(derogatory) rabble, riffraff, mob (unruly group of people)
(dated) the poor (those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian голо́та derived from Proto-Slavic *golota.

Origin

Proto-Slavic

*golota

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

gołota Polish
*golota Proto-Slavic
holota Czech
gloată Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
голо́та Ukrainian
голота Ukrainian

gołota