Русия

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Русия

1. 1950's Cyrillic spelling of Русија (“Russia”)

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic Роусиꙗ (Rusija) (since 13th c.), from Byzantine Greek Ῥωσία (Rhōsía) (since 10th c.), whence also Greek Ρωσία (Rosía), from Ῥῶς (Rhôs), from the same source as Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [roˈsijɐ]

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• Rhymes: -ijɐ

Proper noun

Руси́я • (Rusíja) f (relational adjective ру́ски)

1. Russia (a country in Eastern Europe and Asia)

Inflection

Declension of Руси́я

	singular
indefinite	Руси́я Rusíja
definite	—
vocative form	Руси́йо Rusíjo

Related terms

• русна́к (rusnák), руски́ня (ruskínja)
• ру́ски (rúski)

References

• “Русия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “Русия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• https://www.academia.edu/6764918/Б._М._Клосс._О_происхождении_названия_Россия_._М._Рукописные_памятники_Древней_Руси_2012._152_с._Studia_historica._Series_minor_

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈru.si.a]

Proper noun

Русия (Rusia) f

1. Post-1930s Cyrillic spelling of Rusia.

Declension

gender f	uncountable
Nom/Acc	Русия
Gen/Dat	Русией

Derived terms

• русеск
• русеште

See also

• лимба русэ

Tajik

Proper noun

Dari	روسیه‎
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Русия

Русия • (Rusiya)

1. Russia (a country in Eastern Europe and Asia)