n. A Soviet collective farm. [Russian, short for kollektivnoe khozyaĭstvo, collective farm : kollektivnoe, neuter of kollektivnyĭ, collective (from kollektiv, group, from Latin collēctīvus, collected; see COLLECTIVE) + khozyaĭstvo, farm, household, economy : khozyain, owner, master, landlord (ultimately (via Turkic sources such as Chuvash xyça, Kazakh qoja, and Tatar xuca, master) from Persian khwāja, master, wealthy man; see SWE-) + -stvo, noun suffix.] |
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