Pugach

English Etymology From en uk - or en ru Пугач, or from en pl Puchacz; owl. Proper noun + en Yiddish, Ukrainian, Russian owl Pugacz uk:Пугач,he:פוגץ,he:פוגטש. en 2007-05-27 Ruth La Ferla What’s Love Got to Do With It? w:The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/fashion/27linda.html The crime and trial were tabloid sensations. But the Pugaches were merely at the end of Act 1. During 14 years in prison, Mr. Pugach nursed a fanatical ardor for Miss Riss, writing her love letters in a florid hand. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126140237/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/fashion/27linda.html Burt Pugach Burton N. Pugach (1927–2020), disbarred American lawyer Linda Eleanor Pugach (née Riss, 1937–2013), hired-blinding victim and, later, wife of Burton N. Pugach en 2007-05-27 Ruth La Ferla What’s Love Got to Do With It? w:the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/fashion/27linda.html Most striking about their relationship is not Mrs. Pugach’s lingering resentment, not her husband’s less-than-evident remorse, and not even their mutual dependence, but the marriage’s frank descent into humdrumness. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126140237/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/fashion/27linda.html Leon Pugach (born 1972), Israeli male badminton player Alina Pugach (born 1993), Israeli female badminton player Yuval Pugach (born 2001), Israeli female badminton player Translations surname from Hebrew Arabic: ar پوجاتش Pugač Azerbaijani: az Puqaç Chinese: Mandarin: zh 普加奇 Pǔjiāqí Hebrew: he פוגץ Further reading Pugatch Family History en Heinrich Walter Guggenheimer Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary 1992 KTAV Publishing House, Inc. https://books.google.com/books?id=_dQP4nHgyVUC&pg=PA608 978-0-88125-297-2 608 Eva H. Guggenheimer Puchacz