полиция

See also: поліція and полиција

Bashkir

Etymology

From Russian полиция (policija), via Polish policja from German Polizei.

Noun

полиция • (politsiya)

1. police

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian поли́ция (polícija), itself from Polish policja, from Late Latin polītīa. First attested in 1848.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poˈlit͡sijɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -it͡sijɐ
• Syllabification^(key): по‧ли‧ци‧я
• Hyphenation^(key): по‧ли‧ция

Noun

поли́ция • (polícija) f (relational adjective полице́йски)

1. (law enforcement) police, police force (state institution)

   Coordinate term: (dated) мили́ция (milícija)

   пъ́тна поли́ция

   pǎ́tna polícija

   traffic police

   кримина́лна поли́ция

   kriminálna polícija

   criminal police

   та́йна поли́ция

   tájna polícija

   secret police

   Обезпокое́ни от шу́мния сканда́л, съсе́дите се оба́дили в поли́цията.

   Obezpokoéni ot šúmnija skandál, sǎsédite se obádili v polícijata.

   Disturbed by the loud scandal, the neighbors called the police.

2. police station, police department (branch or building)

   Зака́ран в поли́цията, в продълже́ние на пет ча́са Панаре́тов бе три пъ́ти изпи́тван.

   Zakáran v polícijata, v prodǎlžénie na pet čása Panarétov be tri pǎ́ti izpítvan.

   Taken to the police station, Panaretov was interrogated three times over the course of five hours.

3. (metonymic) police, police officers

   Мину́ти след взривя́ването на кола́та поли́цията блоки́ра райо́на.

   Minúti sled vzrivjávaneto na koláta polícijata blokíra rajóna.

   Minutes after the car bombing, the police blocked the area.

Declension

Declension of поли́ция

	singular	plural
indefinite	поли́ция polícija	поли́ции polícii
definite	поли́цията polícijata	поли́циите políciite

Related terms

• полица́й (policáj)

References

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

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	پوليتسيا
Cyrillic	полиция
Latin	polisia

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian поли́ция (polícija), via Polish policja from German Polizei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʰɑ̽.lí.t͜sʰɪ̈.jɑ̽]
• Hyphenation: по‧ли‧ци‧я

Noun

полиция • (polisiä)

1. police

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian полиција / policija, probably from Polish policja, from Medieval Latin policia, from Late Latin polītīa. Doublet of полицай (policaj), via German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔliˈt͡sija]
• Rhymes: -ija
• Hyphenation: по‧ли‧ция

Noun

полиция (policija) f (relational adjective полицийни or полицийски)

1. (law enforcement) police

Declension

Declension of полиция (policija)

	singular	plural
nominative	полиция (policija)	полициї (policiji)
genitive	полициї (policiji)	полицийох (policijox)
dative	полициї (policiji)	полицийом (policijom)
accusative	полицию (policiju)	полициї (policiji)
instrumental	полицию (policiju)	полициями (policijami)
locative	полициї (policiji)	полицийох (policijox)
vocative	полицийо (policijo)	полициї (policiji)

Related terms

nouns

• полицай m pers (policaj)

References

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “полиция”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “police”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 216

Romanian

Noun

полиция (poliția) f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of полицие (poliție) Cyrillic spelling of poliția.

Russian

Alternative forms

• поли́ція (polícija) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish policja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈlʲit͡sɨjə]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

поли́ция • (polícija) f inan (genitive поли́ции, nominative plural поли́ции, genitive plural поли́ций, relational adjective полице́йский)

1. police

Usage notes

• In the Soviet Union and many Eastern Bloc states, as well as in some post-Soviet successor states (until 2011 in Russia), the police was known as мили́ция (milícija). As a result, during the Soviet and early post-Soviet period, the term поли́ция (polícija) referred mainly to foreign (Western Bloc) or pre-revolutionary police forces.

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	поли́ция polícija	поли́ции polícii
genitive	поли́ции polícii	поли́ций polícij
dative	поли́ции polícii	поли́циям polícijam
accusative	поли́цию políciju	поли́ции polícii
instrumental	поли́цией, поли́циею polícijej, polícijeju	поли́циями polícijami
prepositional	поли́ции polícii	поли́циях polícijax

Descendants

• → Ingrian: politsia, politsa
• → Mandarin: 笆籬子 / 笆篱子 (bālízi)
• → Uzbek: politsiya

See also

• мили́ция (milícija)