кенгуру

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кенгуру́ (kengurú), from English kangaroo, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛŋɡoro]

• Audio:

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Noun

ке́нгуру • (kénguru) n

1. kangaroo

Declension

Declension of ке́нгуру

	singular	plural
indefinite	ке́нгуру kénguru	ке́нгурута, ке́нгура1 kénguruta, kéngura1
definite	ке́нгуруто kénguruto	ке́нгурутата, ке́нгурата1 kéngurutata, kéngurata1

¹Colloquial.

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	كەنگۋرۋ
Cyrillic	кенгуру
Latin	keñuru
Yañalif	keꞑuru

Кенгуру

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кенгуру́ (kengurú), from English kangaroo, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”).

Noun

кенгуру • (keñuru)

1. kangaroo

Declension

Declension of кенгуру

	singular	plural
nominative	кенгуру (keñuru)	кенгурулар (keñurular)
genitive	кенгурудың (keñurudyñ)	кенгурулардың (keñurulardyñ)
dative	кенгуруға (keñuruğa)	кенгуруларға (keñurularğa)
accusative	кенгуруды (keñurudy)	кенгуруларды (keñurulardy)
locative	кенгуруда (keñuruda)	кенгуруларда (keñurularda)
ablative	кенгурудан (keñurudan)	кенгурулардан (keñurulardan)
instrumental	кенгурумен (keñurumen)	кенгурулармен (keñurularmen)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from English kangaroo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲɪnɡʊˈru]

• Audio:

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Noun

кенгуру́ • (kengurú) m anim (indeclinable)

1. kangaroo (a member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia)

Related terms

• кенгурёнок (kengurjónok)
• кенгуриный (kengurinyj)
• кенгуровый (kengurovyj)
• кенгурушка (kenguruška)

Descendants

• → Armenian: կենգուրու (kenguru)
• → Bulgarian: ке́нгуру (kénguru)
• → Kazakh: кенгуру (keñuru)
• → Kildin Sami: кэнгуру (kenguru)
• → Livvi: kenguru
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: кенгуру

  Latin script: kenguru

• → Veps: kenguru

References

• кенгуру in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кенгуру (kenguru, “kangaroo”).

Noun

кенгуру ? (Latin spelling kenguru)

1. (Serbia, Montenegro) kangaroo

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from English kangaroo (possibly via French kangourou), from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kenɦʊˈru]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

кенгуру́ • (kenhurú) m animal (indeclinable, relational adjective кенгуро́вий)

1. kangaroo (a member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia)

Derived terms

• кенгуреня́ n (kenhurenjá)

References

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “кенгуру”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кенгуру”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “кенгуру”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “кенгуру”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “кенгуру”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “кенгуру”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “кенгуру”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)