ватник

From ва́та (váta, “cotton wool”) +‎ -ник (-nik).

For sense 2, from the clothing worn by Soviet citizens, and an online satirical cartoon by the cartoonist Anton Chadsky about a sentient jacket simply known as "ва́тник". The term was popularised by netizens in VKontakte and LIVEJOURNAL, and the Russian opposition in general.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvatʲnʲɪk]

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ватник (1)

ва́тник • (vátnik) m inan or m anim (genitive ва́тника, nominative plural ва́тники, genitive plural ва́тников, feminine ва́тница)

1. (inanimate) quilted jacket, vatnik

   Synonyms: фуфа́йка (fufájka), телогре́йка (telogréjka)

2. (animate, derogatory, neologism) vatnik, sovok, an overly zealous Russian jingoist

   Synonyms: сово́к (sovók), портя́нка (portjánka)

• In sense (2), the term is commonly used by Russian liberals to label right-wingers and supporters of Vladimir Putin's policies, including the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The term is often considered Russophobic and offensive by the latter.

• → Armenian: վատնիկ (vatnik)
• → Azerbaijani: vatnik
• → Belarusian: ва́тнік (vátnik)
• → Crimean Tatar: vatnik
• → English: vatnik
• → Estonian: vatnik
• → French: vatnik
• → Georgian: ვატნიკი (vaṭniḳi)
• → German: Watnik
• → Latvian: vatņiks
• → Lithuanian: vatnikas
• → Swedish: vatnik
• → Ukrainian: ва́тник (vátnyk)
  • → English: vatnyk
• → Uzbek: vatnik

• ва́тный (vátnyj)
• вышива́тник (vyšivátnik, “a Ukrainian ultranationalist”)
• зе́тник (zétnik, “a vatnik who uses the Z symbol, a supporter of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine”), зэ́тник (zɛ́tnik)

From Russian ва́тник (vátnik).

ва́тник • (vátnyk) m ? (genitive [please provide], nominative plural [please provide])

1. vatnik (jacket)
2. (derogatory, neologism) vatnik (Russian jingoist)
   • 2023 September 14, “Посібник для українського “ватника”: чутки, саботаж, «орієнтація» дітей… [Guide to being a Ukrainian "vatnik": misinformation, sabotage, "indoctrination" of children...]”, in UkrInform‎:

• → English: vatnyk