# оток
## Bulgarian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *o(b)tokъ, formed as о- (o-) +‎ ток (tok, “current”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [oˈtɔk]

#### Noun

ото́к • (otók) m (relational adjective ото́чен)
* (dialectal) reflux, drainage
    Synonyms: отлив (otliv), дренаж (drenaž)
* (dated) island, deposition of sediments within stream (river, ocean current, whirlpool)
    Synonym: остров (ostrov)

##### Related terms

* изток (iztok, “east, Orient”)
* отток (ottok, “outflow, drainage”)
* поток (potok, “stream, brook”)
* приток (pritok, “influx, tributary”)
* проток (protok, “duct, channel”)

#### References

* отокъ¹ in Исторически речник на Българския език, published by Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “ото̀к”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 967

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *o(b)tekъ, *o(b)tokъ. Effectively, a resultant noun of Bulgarian отека (oteka), отичам (otičam, “to tumefy”).
For the semantic development flow → swelling, blister, compare Bulgarian осип (osip, “rash, papule”) (from Bulgarian осипя (osipja, “to secrete, to pour”)).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɔtok]

#### Noun

о́ток • (ótok) m
* edema, swelling, tumefaction (both as a result of an injury or as a medical sign for some disease)
    Synonyms: подутина (podutina), цицина (cicina)

##### Alternative forms

* отик (otik)

##### Related terms

* тека (teka, “to flow, to stream”)
* тичам (tičam, “to run”)
* точа (toča, “to drain”)
* тек (tek, “stream, flowth, duration”)
* ток (tok, “current”)

#### References

* “оток”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* отокъ² in Исторически речник на Българския език, published by Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “о̀ток”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 967

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɔtɔk]

### Noun

оток • (otok) m
* swelling
* (colloquial) annoyance, nagging, pain in the neck

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

From о- +‎ ток. Compare о̏стрво (related to стру́ја).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǒtok/
* Hyphenation: о‧ток

#### Noun

о̀ток m (Latin spelling òtok)
* (chiefly Croatia) island
    Synonym: (Bosnia, Serbia) о̏стрво

##### Derived terms

* о̀точанин
* о̀точа̄нка
* о̀точанскӣ
* о̀точић
* о̀то̄чје
* о̀точнӣ

#### Further reading

* “оток”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ôtoːk/
* Hyphenation: о‧ток

#### Noun

о̏то̄к m (Latin spelling ȍtōk)
* swelling
    Synonym: о̀теклина

##### Declension
#### Further reading

* “оток”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Southern Altai
### Etymology

Borrowed from Written Oirat ᡆᡐᡆᡎ (otog). Compare also Kalmyk отг (otg), Buryat отог (otog), Mongolian отог (otog).

### Noun

оток • (otok)
* a tribal subdivision