майор

See also: мајор

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s

Proto-Indo-European *-yōs

Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs

Proto-Italic *majjōs

Latin maior

Spanish mayorbor.?

German Majorbor.

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Latin maiorbor.

Russian майо́р (majór)bor.

Bulgarian майор

Borrowed from Russian майо́р (majór) and German Major, from Latin maior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɐˈjɔr]
• Rhymes: -ɔr
• Syllabification^(key): ма‧йор

Noun

майо́р • (majór) m

1. (military) major (military rank between captain and lieutenant colonel, or a person who holds such a rank)

Declension

Declension of майо́р

	singular	plural
indefinite	майо́р majór	майо́ри majóri
definite (subject form)	майо́рът majórǎt	майо́рите majórite
definite (object form)	майо́ра majóra
vocative form	майо́ре majóre	майо́ри majóri

References

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

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	مايور
Cyrillic	майор
Latin	maior

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian майо́р (majór), from Latin maior.

Noun

майор • (maior)

1. (military) major

Declension

Declension of майор

	singular	plural
nominative	майор (maior)	майорлар (maiorlar)
genitive	майордың (maiordyñ)	майорлардың (maiorlardyñ)
dative	майорға (maiorğa)	майорларға (maiorlarğa)
accusative	майорды (maiordy)	майорларды (maiorlardy)
locative	майорда (maiorda)	майорларда (maiorlarda)
ablative	майордан (maiordan)	майорлардан (maiorlardan)
instrumental	майормен (maiormen)	майорлармен (maiorlarmen)
similative	майордай (maiordai)	майорлардай (maiorlardai)

Russian

Alternative forms

• маіо́ръ (maiór), майо́ръ (majór), майео́ръ (majjeór) — pre-1918 spelling
• маио́р (maiór), майео́р (majjeór)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin maior. Doublet of мэр (mɛr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɐˈjɵr]

• Audio:

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Noun

майо́р • (majór) m anim (genitive майо́ра, nominative plural майо́ры, genitive plural майо́ров, relational adjective майо́рский)

1. (military) major

   генера́л-майо́р ― generál-majór ― major-general

   майо́р авиа́ции ― majór aviácii ― squadron-leader

Declension

Declension of майо́р (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	майо́р majór	майо́ры majóry
genitive	майо́ра majóra	майо́ров majórov
dative	майо́ру majóru	майо́рам majóram
accusative	майо́ра majóra	майо́ров majórov
instrumental	майо́ром majórom	майо́рами majórami
prepositional	майо́ре majóre	майо́рах majórax

Derived terms

• майо́рство n (majórstvo)

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “майор”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Tajik

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian майо́р (majór), from Latin maior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /major/, [mä.jɔɾ]

Noun

майор • (mayor)

1. (military) major (a rank of officer in the military)
   1. (by extension) major (an officer with the rank)

Inflection

Inflection of майор

		singular	plural
sound	broken1	or broken1
bare		майор (mayor)	майорҳо (mayorho)	[Term?]	[Term?]
definite object		майорро (mayorro)	майорҳоро (mayorhoro)	ро (ro)	ро (ro)
izofa		майори (mayor-i)	майорҳои (mayorho-yi)	и (i)	и (i)
indefinite, definite relative	bare	майоре (mayore)	—	—	—
	object	майореро (mayorero)	—	—	—

Possessive forms of майор

		singular	plural
sound	broken1	broken1
bare	1st singular	майорам (mayoram)	майорҳоям (mayorhoyam)	ам (am)	ам (am)
	2nd singular	майорат (mayorat)	майорҳоят (mayorhoyat)	ат (at)	ат (at)
	3rd singular	майораш (mayoraš)	майорҳояш (mayorhoyaš)	аш (aš)	аш (aš)
	1st plural	майорамон (mayoramon)	майорҳоямон (mayorhoyamon)	амон (amon)	амон (amon)
	2nd plural	майоратон (mayoraton)	майорҳоятон (mayorhoyaton)	атон (aton)	атон (aton)
	3rd plural	майорашон (mayorašon)	майорҳояшон (mayorhoyašon)	ашон (ašon)	ашон (ašon)
		singular	plural
sound	broken1	broken1
definite object	1st singular	майорамро (mayoramro)	майорҳоямро (mayorhoyamro)	амро (amro)	амро (amro)
	2nd singular	майоратро (mayoratro)	майорҳоятро (mayorhoyatro)	атро (atro)	атро (atro)
	3rd singular	майорашро (mayorašro)	майорҳояшро (mayorhoyašro)	ашро (ašro)	ашро (ašro)
	1st plural	майорамонро (mayoramonro)	майорҳоямонро (mayorhoyamonro)	амонро (amonro)	амонро (amonro)
	2nd plural	майоратонро (mayoratonro)	майорҳоятонро (mayorhoyatonro)	атонро (atonro)	атонро (atonro)
	3rd plural	майорашонро (mayorašonro)	майорҳояшонро (mayorhoyašonro)	ашонро (ašonro)	ашонро (ašonro)

Further reading

• майор on the Tajik Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tg
• “майор”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2026
• Jilani, Jon (2009), Tajik-English/English-Tajik practical dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 61

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin maior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɐˈjɔr]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

майо́р • (majór) m pers (genitive майо́ра, nominative plural майо́ри, genitive plural майо́рів, relational adjective майо́рський)

1. (military) major

Declension

Declension of майо́р
(pers hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	майо́р majór	майо́ри majóry
genitive	майо́ра majóra	майо́рів majóriv
dative	майо́рові, майо́ру majórovi, majóru	майо́рам majóram
accusative	майо́ра majóra	майо́рів majóriv
instrumental	майо́ром majórom	майо́рами majóramy
locative	майо́рові, майо́рі majórovi, majóri	майо́рах majórax
vocative	майо́ре majóre	майо́ри majóry

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “майор”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “майор”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN