район

Buryat

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Historical evolution
Classical Mongolian	[Term?]
Latin	[Term?]^a
Latin	район^b
Cyrillic	район
^a 1931–1936, based on the Tsongol–Sartul dialect. ^b 1937–1939, based on the Khori dialect.

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район • (rajon)

First attested in 1865. Borrowed from French rayon, from Middle French royon, rayon, from Old French raie, ree (“honeycomb”), from Frankish *hrātu (“honeycomb”). Not cognate with English region, of which it is a false cognate.

райо́н • (rajón) m inan (genitive райо́на, nominative plural райо́ны, genitive plural райо́нов, relational adjective райо́нный)

Declension of райо́н (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “район”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “район”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 96

райо́н • (rajón) m inan (genitive райо́ну, nominative plural райо́ни, genitive plural райо́нів, relational adjective райо́нний)

Declension of *райо́н*
(inan hard masc-form accent-a)
	singular	plural
nominative	райо́н rajón	райо́ни rajóny
genitive	райо́ну rajónu	райо́нів rajóniv
dative	райо́нові, райо́ну rajónovi, rajónu	райо́нам rajónam
accusative	райо́н rajón	райо́ни rajóny
instrumental	райо́ном rajónom	райо́нами rajónamy
locative	райо́ні rajóni	райо́нах rajónax
vocative	райо́не rajóne	райо́ни rajóny

Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “район”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka