район

Buryat

Alternative scripts
Classical Mongolian	ᠷᠠᠶ᠋ᠣᠨ rayon
Latin (1931–1936)a	[Term?]
Latin (1937–1939)b	rajoon
Cyrillic	район rajon
a Based on the southern Tsongol–Sartul dialect. b Based on the eastern Khori dialect.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian район (rajon), from French rayon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɐ̟.jɔːɴ̟]
• Hyphenation: ра‧йон

Noun

район • (rajon) (Mongolian script ᠷᠠᠶ᠋ᠣᠨ)

1. district (administrative division)

   Synonym: аймаг (ajmag)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Russian

Alternative forms

• раіо́нъ (raión) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɐˈjɵn]

• Audio:

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Noun

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

1. district
2. region, area

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	райо́н rajón	райо́ны rajóny
genitive	райо́на rajóna	райо́нов rajónov
dative	райо́ну rajónu	райо́нам rajónam
accusative	райо́н rajón	райо́ны rajóny
instrumental	райо́ном rajónom	райо́нами rajónami
prepositional	райо́не rajóne	райо́нах rajónax

Derived terms

• микрорайо́н (mikrorajón)
• подрайо́н (podrajón)
• райони́ровать (rajonírovatʹ)

Descendants

• → Buryat: район (rajon)
• → English: raion
• → Georgian: რაიონი (raioni)
• → Finnish: rajoni
• → Ingrian: raijona, rajona
• → Romanian: raion
• → Ukrainian: райо́н (rajón)
• → Uyghur: رايون (rayon)
• → Yakut: оройуон (oroyuon)

References

• 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

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• р-н. (r-n.) — abbreviation

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian райо́н (rajón), from French rayon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɐˈjɔn]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

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

1. district
2. region, area
3. raion

Declension

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

Derived terms

• мікрорайо́н (mikrorajón)
• націона́льний райо́н (nacionálʹnyj rajón)
• підрайо́н (pidrajón)

References

• 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