Etymology

dacha

da·cha
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Today it means: A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside. Full definition →

Russian да́ча
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromда́ча
  2. English todaydacha

Borrowed from Russian да́ча (dáča), originally "gift, portion, land (granted by a prince)", from дать (datʹ, “to give”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.