Женя

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: женя and жена

Russian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From the stressed syllable ге́н (gén), with /ɡʲ//ʒ/ by the Slavic first palatalization, + (-ja).

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): [ˈʐɛnʲə]
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

[edit]

Же́ня (Žénjam anim or f anim (genitive Же́ни, nominative plural Же́ни, genitive plural Жень)

  1. a diminutive, Zhenya, of the male given name Евге́ний (Jevgénij), equivalent to English Gene or Genie
  2. a diminutive, Zhenya, of the female given name Евге́ния (Jevgénija), equivalent to English Genie

Declension

[edit]