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From Old Church Slavonic влъхвъ (vlŭxvŭ), further derived from Old Church Slavonic влъснѫти (vlŭsnǫti, “to stutter”).
влъ́хва • (vlǎ́hva) m
- sage, wise man, pontiff, magician
- crook, swindler
- “влъхва”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “влъхва”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010