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Pronunciation / Transliteration: da-tʃa
"Pendant l'été, ils aiment passer du temps dans leur datcha à la campagne."
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2 senses- 1
A Russian country house or cottage, typically used in the summer months and often accompanied by a plot of land for gardening.
"Every weekend during the summer, the family escapes the noisy city to relax at their peaceful dacha." - 2
A seasonal cottage or holiday home used for leisure and growing vegetables in Eastern European contexts.
"They spent their vacation harvesting apples and vegetables in the garden of their rural dacha."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed into English in the late 19th century from Russian 'дача' (dacha), derived from the verb 'дать' (datʹ, meaning 'to give'). Historically, it referred to a piece of land given by the tsar to a courtier, which later evolved to mean a seasonal or year-round second home used for gardening and recreation in rural Russia.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dacha" is said worldwide
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datcha
Transliteration: da-tʃa
"Pendant l'été, ils aiment passer du temps dans leur datcha à la campagne."
Datsche
Transliteration: da-tʃə
"Am Wochenende fahren sie oft hinaus in ihre Datsche auf dem Land."
dacia
Transliteration: da-tʃa
"Molti russi trascorrono il fine settimana nella loro dacia."
dachá
Transliteration: da-tʃa
"Pasaron el verano cultivando hortalizas en su dachá."
dacha
Transliteration: da-tʃa
"Eles adoram fugir para a dacha nos fins de semana."
डाचा
Transliteration: daacha
"गर्मियों के दौरान वे अपने ग्रामीण डाचा में समय बिताना पसंद करते हैं।"
乡间别墅
Transliteration: xiāngjiān biéshù
"许多俄罗斯人在周末会去他们的乡间别墅度过。"
다차
Transliteration: da-cha
"그들은 주말마다 교외에 있는 다차로 휴가를 떠납니다."
ダーチャ
Transliteration: dācha
"ロシアの人々は夏によくダーチャで過ごします。"
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