Зарема

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɐˈrʲemə]

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Persian زر (zar, “gold”). Made widely known in Russian by Pushkin's The Fountain of Bakhchisaray (1823).

Proper noun

Заре́ма • (Zaréma) f anim (genitive Заре́мы, nominative plural Заре́мы, genitive plural Заре́м)

1. a female given name, Zarema, of Turkic and North Caucasian usage

Declension

Declension of Заре́ма (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	Заре́ма Zaréma	Заре́мы Zarémy
genitive	Заре́мы Zarémy	Заре́м Zarém
dative	Заре́ме Zaréme	Заре́мам Zarémam
accusative	Заре́му Zarému	Заре́м Zarém
instrumental	Заре́мой, Заре́мою Zarémoj, Zarémoju	Заре́мами Zarémami
prepositional	Заре́ме Zaréme	Заре́мах Zarémax
vocative	Заре́м* Zarém*

^* Colloquial.

Etymology 2

A new name of Soviet origin, acronym of за револю́цию ми́ра (za revoljúciju míra, “for a world revolution”).

Proper noun

Заре́ма • (Zaréma) f anim (genitive Заре́мы, nominative plural Заре́мы, genitive plural Заре́м)

1. (dated, rare) a female given name, Zarema, of occasional Soviet usage

Declension

Declension of Заре́ма (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	Заре́ма Zaréma	Заре́мы Zarémy
genitive	Заре́мы Zarémy	Заре́м Zarém
dative	Заре́ме Zaréme	Заре́мам Zarémam
accusative	Заре́му Zarému	Заре́м Zarém
instrumental	Заре́мой, Заре́мою Zarémoj, Zarémoju	Заре́мами Zarémami
prepositional	Заре́ме Zaréme	Заре́мах Zarémax
vocative	Заре́м* Zarém*

^* Colloquial.

References

• Namitokova, R. Ju., editor (2012), Svódnyj slovárʹ líčnyx imjón naródov Sévernovo Kavkáza [Summary Dictionary of Given Names of the Peoples of North Caucasus] (in Russian), Moscow: FLINTA : Nauka, →ISBN, page 470
• Superanskaja, A. V. (primary), Gusev, Ju. M., editors (1987), Správočnik líčnyx imjón naródov RSFSR [A Reference for Given Names of the Peoples of the RSFSR] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk