Agent noun ofпа́ля(pálja,“to ignite fire”) +‎-ач(-ač).

• IPA^(key):[pɐˈɫat͡ʃ]

пала́ч• (paláč) m(rare)

1. fireraiser

• паля́к(palják,“easily agitated person”)(colloquail)
• пали́тел(palítel),подпалва́ч(podpalváč,“arsonist”)(agent nouns)
• пали́ло(palílo),пали́ч(palíč,“incendiary”)(instrumental nouns)
• пали́во(palívo,“fuel, material for ignition”)

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “палач¹”, inБългарски етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House,→ISBN, page23

Borrowed fromRussianпала́ч(paláč), of unclear origin.

• IPA^(key):[pɐˈɫat͡ʃ]

пала́ч• (paláč) m(standard)

1. executioner

   Synonym:екзеку́тор(ekzekútor)

2. (figurative)tormentor,torturer

   Synonyms:изтеза́тел(iztezátel),мъчи́тел(mǎčítel)

• па́лица(pálica),па́лка(pálka,“staff, cudgel”)(possibly)

• “палач”, inРечник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,2014
• “палач”, inРечник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian),Chitanka,2010
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “палач²”, inБългарски етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House,→ISBN, page23

• лапач(lapač),плача(plača),чапла(čapla)

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• IPA^(key):[ˈpaɫat͡ʃ]
• Hyphenation:па‧лач

палач• (palač) m (pluralпалачи,relational adjectiveпалачен)

1. (literary, rare)executioner,hangman

   Synonyms:џелат(dželat),главосек(glavosek),главорез(glavorez),погубник(pogubnik),бесач(besač)

• “палач” inДигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

• лапач(lapač)

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• пала́чъ(paláč) —Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Often ascribed toTurkishpala(“sword”) +‎-ач(-ač) or*palacı(“sword bearer”).

• IPA^(key):[pɐˈɫat͡ɕ]

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• Rhymes:-at͡ɕ

пала́ч• (paláč) m anim (genitiveпалача́,nominative pluralпалачи́,genitive pluralпалаче́й)

1. (alsofiguratively)executioner,hangman

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