гражданка

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From граждани́н (graždanín) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡraʐdənkə] (it was recorded in the 30‒40 years of the 20th century)[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡrɐʐˈdankə]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: граж‧дан‧ка
  • Rhymes: -ankə

Noun[edit]

гражда́нка (graždánkaf anim or f inan (genitive гражда́нки, nominative plural гражда́нки, genitive plural гражда́нок, masculine граждани́н, diminutive гражда́ночка)

  1. female equivalent of граждани́н (graždanín): female citizen
    • 22 June, 1941, Vyacheslav Molotov, Molotov Speech On the Nazi Invasion Of the Soviet Union:
      Гра́ждане и гра́жданки Сове́тского Сою́за!
      Gráždane i gráždanki Sovétskovo Sojúza!
      Male citizens and female citizens of the Soviet Union!
  2. (formal, law enforcement) madam, ma'am, Ms. (form of address used by a police officer towards a female civilian)
  3. (colloquial) civilian life, civvy street

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