география

See also: географія

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Pre-Greek der.

Proto-Hellenic *gayader.

Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.

Ancient Greek γῆ (gê)

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)

Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)

Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-

Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō

Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō)

Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)

Ancient Greek γεωγρᾰ́φος (geōgrắphos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

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Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)

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Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek -η (-ē)

Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ)

Ancient Greek -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (geōgrăphĭ́ā)bor.

Latin geōgraphiabor.

Russian геогра́фия (geográfija)bor.

Bulgarian география

Borrowed from Russian геогра́фия (geográfija). By surface analysis, гео- (geo-) +‎ -графия (-grafija).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɛoˈɡrafijɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -afijɐ
• Syllabification^(key): ге‧о‧гра‧фи‧я
• Hyphenation^(key): ге‧ог‧ра‧фия

Noun

геогра́фия • (geográfija) f

1. geography

Declension

Declension of геогра́фия

	singular	plural
indefinite	геогра́фия geográfija	геогра́фии geográfii
definite	геогра́фията geográfijata	геогра́фиите geográfiite

References

• “география”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “география”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Komi-Zyrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian география (geografija).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeoɡrafija/, [ˈɡeo̞ɡräfijä]
• Hyphenation: ге‧о‧гра‧фи‧я

Noun

география • (geografija)

1. geography

Russian

Alternative forms

• геогра́фія (geográfija) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

From Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía). By surface analysis, гео- (geo-) +‎ -гра́фия (-gráfija)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡʲɪɐˈɡrafʲɪjə]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

геогра́фия • (geográfija) f inan (genitive геогра́фии, nominative plural геогра́фии, genitive plural геогра́фий)

1. geography

   Synonyms: землеописание (zemleopisanije), распростране́ние (rasprostranénije)

Declension

Declension of геогра́фия (inan fem-form i-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	геогра́фия geográfija	геогра́фии geográfii
genitive	геогра́фии geográfii	геогра́фий geográfij
dative	геогра́фии geográfii	геогра́фиям geográfijam
accusative	геогра́фию geográfiju	геогра́фии geográfii
instrumental	геогра́фией, геогра́фиею geográfijej, geográfijeju	геогра́фиями geográfijami
prepositional	геогра́фии geográfii	геогра́фиях geográfijax

Descendants

• → Abkhaz: а-географиа (a-geografja)
• → Bulgarian: геогра́ф (geográf)
• → Crimean Tatar: coğrafiya
• → Tajik: география (geografiya)

Tajik

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian геогра́фия (geográfija), from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía). Doublet of ҷуғрофия (juġrofiya)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeoɡrafija/, [ɡeɔɡ.ɾä.fi.jä]

Noun

география • (geografiya)

1. synonym of ҷуғрофия (juġrofiya, “geography”)