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Bodzvokhan

Etymology

Root *ʕwkht.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈɔxt/

Orthographic Form

okht

Cyrillic Orthographic Form

охт

Adjective

okht

  1. real, legitimate, authentic
Inflection
Singular Plural
Nominative okht okhtef
Genitive okhtan okhtem
Antonyms

Creation and Usage Notes

I can't help but feel this was inspired by German—by which, of course, I mean T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" (to wit, "Bin gar keine Russin, stamm’ aus Litauen, echt deutsch", whence I learned the word). And, of course, since T. S. Eliot came up organically, how 'bout that Cats movie, huh?