азбука

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[edit] Bulgarian

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  • IPA: /'azbukə/

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азбука f. (ázbuka)

  1. alphabet

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[edit] Russian

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From the names of the first two letters of the early Cyrillic alphabet, азъ (az) and буки (buki), letter).

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азбука (ázbuka) f.

  1. alphabet
  2. ABC book, abecedary; primer
  3. ABC (the rudiments of any subject)

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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From initial names of the first letters of Cyrillic alphabet, az (а) and buki (б).

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а̀збука f. (Roman spelling àzbuka)

  1. (uncountable) alphabet (based on the Cyrillic script)

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[edit] Ukrainian

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Created in Old East Slavic following азъбукы (azъbuky), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic азъбоукы (azŭbuky), formed from the names of the first two letters in the Cyrillic alphabet, азъ (azŭ) + боукы (buky), following the example of Greek ἀλφάβητος.

Attested 1627, compare язъбука (jazъbuka) (17–18th century).

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азбука (ázbuka) f.

  1. (dated) Alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language), especially the old Cyrillic alphabet.

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