Cyrillic

English

Etymology

From the name Cyril +‎ -ic, from Late Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κῡ́ρῐλλος (Kū́rillos). Named after Saint Cyril, who devised a predecessor to Cyrillic script, the Glagolitic alphabet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈɹɪ.lɪk/
• Hyphenation: Cy‧ril‧lic

Adjective

Cyrillic

1. Denoting an alphabet devised for writing the Old Church Slavonic liturgical language, and its adaptations used for several languages of Eastern Europe and Asia; of or relating to this writing system.

Translations

of or pertaining to Cyrillic

• Arabic: سِرِيلِيّ‏‎ (sirīliyy)
• Bulgarian: кири́лски (kirílski), кири́лов (kirílov), а́збучен (ázbučen)
• Catalan: ciríl·lic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西里爾 (zh), 西里尔 (zh) (xīlǐ'ěr)

• Esperanto: cirila
• Finnish: kyrillinen (fi)
• French: cyrillique (fr)
• German: kyrillisch (de)
• Greek: κυριλλικός (el) (kyrillikós)
• Hebrew: קירילית‏‎
• Hungarian: cirill (hu)

• Irish: Coireallach
• Italian: cirillico (it)
• Japanese: キリル (kiriru)
• Macedonian: кири́личен (kiríličen), ки́рилски (kírilski)
• Manx: Kyrillagh
• Portuguese: cirílico (pt)
• Russian: кирилли́ческий (ru) (kirillíčeskij), а́збучный (ru) (ázbučnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: ćirìličkī (sh), ćìrilskī (sh)
• Spanish: cirílico (es)
• Ukrainian: кирили́чний (kyrylýčnyj), а́збучний (uk) (ázbučnyj)

Proper noun

Cyrillic

1. The Cyrillic alphabet or writing system.

Synonyms

• Cyrillic alphabet
• Cyrillic script

Translations

a script or alphabet

• Afrikaans: cyrilliese alfabet
• Arabic: كِيرِيلِيَّة‏‎ f (kīrīliyya), سِرِيلِيَّة‏‎ f (sirīliyya), أَبْجَدِيَّة كِيرِيلِيَّة‏‎ (ʾabjadiyya kīrīliyya), أَبْجَدِيَّة سِرِيلِيَّة‏‎ (ʾabjadiyya sirīliyya)
• Armenian: կիրիլիցա (kirilicʿa)
• Azeri: Kiril əlifbası
• Belarusian: кіры́ліца f (kirýlica), а́збука f (ázbuka)
• Bulgarian: кири́лица (bg) f (kirílica), а́збука (bg) f (ázbuka)
• Catalan: ciríl·lic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西里爾字母 (zh), 西里尔字母 (zh) (Xīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ), 西里爾 (zh), 西里尔 (zh) (Xīlǐ'ěr), 基里爾字母, 基里尔字母 (Jīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ)

• Czech: cyrilice (cs) f
• Dutch: cyrillisch (nl)
• Estonian: kirillitsa (et)
• Finnish: kyrillinen (fi)
• French: cyrillique (fr) m
• Georgian: კირილიცა (ḳirilica)
• German: Kyrillisch n
• Greek: κυριλλιακόν n (kyrilliakón), κυριλλικό αλφάβητο n (kyrillikó alfávito)
• Hebrew: קירילית‏‎ f (kirilít)
• Hindi: सिरिलिक (sirilik)
• Hungarian: cirill (hu)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} Kiril, ^{(please verify)} Sirilik
• Irish: aibítir Choireallach f
• Italian: cirillico (it) m
• Japanese: キリル文字 (ja) (Kiriru moji), キリル (Kiriru)
• Kazakh: кириллица (kïrïllïca)
• Korean: 키릴 문자 (Kiril munja)
• Kyrgyz: кириллица (kirillitsa)

• Latvian: kirilica f
• Lithuanian: kirilica f
• Macedonian: кири́лица f (kirílica), а́збука f (ázbuka)
• Manx: Kyrillagh m
• Mongolian: кирилл үсэг (kirill üseg)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: кѵрїлловица f (kürillovica)

• Persian: سیریلیک‏‎ (sirilik), الفبای سیریلیک‏‎ (alefbâ-ye sirilik)
• Polish: cyrylica (pl) f
• Portuguese: cirílico (pt) m
• Russian: кири́ллица (ru) f (kiríllica), а́збука (ru) f (ázbuka)
• Rusyn: кірі́ліця f (kirílicja), а́збука f (ázbuka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ћирѝлица f, азбука f

  Roman: ćirìlica (sh) f, azbuka (sh) f

• Slovak: cyrilika f
• Slovene: cirilica (sl) f
• Spanish: cirílico (es) m
• Swedish: kyrillisk (sv) c
• Tajik: кирилликӣ (tg) (kirillikī), алифбои кирилликӣ (alifboyi kirillikī)
• Tatar: кириллица (kirillitsa)
• Thai: อักษรซีริลลิก (àk-sɔ̌ɔn sii-ril-lìk), ซีริลลิก (sii-ril-lìk)
• Turkish: Kiril (tr), Kiril alfabesi (tr)
• Ukrainian: кири́лиця (uk) f (kyrýlycja), а́збука (uk) f (ázbuka)
• Uzbek: kirillitsa
• Vietnamese: chữ Kirin

See also

• Appendix:Cyrillic script
• Appendix:Old Cyrillic alphabet