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плячка

Pronunciation: [ˈplʲa̟t͡ʃkɐ]

“плячка” is a Bulgarian word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. plunder, loot, booty (spoils of battle)

Etymology

Per the Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary (BED), this is a Balkan word that's probably a Greek-Albanian-Bulgarian hybrid. BED derives it from the stem πλακ- (plak-) of Greek πλακώνω (plakóno, “to crush, to press; to attack by surprise”), whence also Albanian pllakos and Aromanian aplucusescu. Balkan cognates include Serbo-Croatian пљачка, Macedonian пљачка (pljačka), Albanian plaçkë, Greek…

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