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- Russian · borrowed fromсуббо́тник
- English todaysubbotnik
Borrowed from Russian суббо́тник (subbótnik), from суббо́та (subbóta, “Saturday”) + -ник (-nik).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
subbotnik
Today it means: A Saturday designated for community volunteer work, such as cleaning the streets, after the October Revolution in Russia. Full definition →
Russian суббо́тник