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bothy

/ˈbɒθi/ UK
/ˈbɑθi/ US
/ˈbʌhi/ Ireland
/ˈbɔθe/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ɒθi

Where it comes from

Probably from booth + -y (diminutive suffix). Booth is ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *bōþō (“building; dwelling; hut”), from *būaną (“to dwell, reside”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be”). The short vowel /ɒ/, /ɑ/, etc., in the first syllable instead of the long vowel /uː/ in booth may be due to the influence of Irish both and Scottish Gaelic both (“booth, hut”), which have the same etymology as booth.

noun bothies · boothie · boothy · bothie

A small cottage or hut; specifically (Scotland), one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc. Angus painted in the most alarming colours the roads, or rather wild tracts, by which it would be necessary for him to travel into Argyleshire, and the wretched huts or bathies where he would be condemned to pass the night, and where no forage could be procured for the horse, unless he could eat the
Similar: lonquhard
A building for workers to rest in.
historical A building on a farm, sometimes with just one room, for (usually unmarried male) farmworkers or other labourers to live in.

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noun small cottage or hut; specifically, one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.

Español	chozo
한국어	보티 boti
Deutsch	Schutzhütte
Русский	хижина xižina

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@misc{bothy_2026,
  title = {bothy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bothy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}