bobotează

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Bobotează¹

Where it comes from

Possibly from apă botează or alternatively created from Proto-Slavic *bogъ (“god”) and botează.

proper noun bobotează

  1. Epiphany

bobotează²

Where it comes from

Uncertain. Theories include:

# apă + botează, calqued on a Slavic form such as Ukrainian Водохреще (Vodoxrešče, “water baptism”), Macedonian Водици (Vodici, “water day”).

# < Proto-Slavic *bogъ (“God”) + botează.

# an expressive formation from botez (“baptism”) + -ează.

noun bobotează · boboteaza · boboteaze · boboteazei · boboteazo

  1. feminine, uncountable Epiphany

In English

  • Epiphany annual Christian feast celebrating this event

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@misc{boboteaza_2026,
  title = {bobotează},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/boboteaz%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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