Donetsk

English

Donetsk Oblast

Donetsk Raion

Alternative forms

• Donets'k, Doneck, Donec'k

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáHnu

Proto-Iranian *dáHnu

Proto-Scythian *dānu

Proto-Sarmatian *Δānbor.

Proto-Slavic *Donъbor.

Old East Slavic Донъ (Donŭ)

Old Ruthenian Донъ (Don)

Ukrainian Дон (Don)

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ikas

Proto-Slavic *-ьcь

Ukrainian -ець (-ecʹ)

Ukrainian Донець (Donecʹ)

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-iškas

Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ

Ukrainian -цьк (-cʹk)

Ukrainian Доне́цьк (Donécʹk)bor.

English Donetsk

Borrowed from Ukrainian Доне́цьк (Donécʹk), from Донець (Donecʹ) + -цьк (-cʹk). Compare Russian Доне́цк (Donéck), Доне́ц (Donéc), Дон (Don).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəˈnɛtsk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: Do‧netsk

Proper noun

Donetsk

1. (city and raion) A city, a municipal and regional administrative centre, an as well as, a raion of Donetsk Oblast in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine, on the Kalmius river.
2. (province) An oblast in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine. Seat: Kramatorsk; former seat: Donetsk (prior to the Donbas War, where Russia occupied and set up puppet countries)
3. (country) A self-declared country in Donetsk Oblast in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine. Seat: Donetsk; occupying 1/3 of the province, but claiming all the province, before the Russian invasion of all of Ukraine in 2022.
4. A town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the Donets river.

Synonyms

• (Ukrainian city): Donetsk City (since 1961)
• (historical) (Ukrainian city): Aleksandrovka (before 1869)
• (historical) (Ukrainian city): Yuzovo, Yuzovka, Hughesovka (1869-1923)
• (historical) (Ukrainian city): Trotsk (1923)
• (historical) (Ukrainian city): Stalin, Stalino (1924-1941; 1943-1961)
• (historical) (Ukrainian city): Yuzivka (1941-1943)
• (Ukrainian province): Donetsk Oblast, Donechchyna (since 1961)
• (historical) (Ukrainian province): Stalino Oblast (1938-1941; 1943-1961)
• (historical) (Ukrainian province): Yuzivka Oblast (1941-1943)
• (country): Donetsk People's Republic, DPR, DNR (since 2014)
• (historical) (Russian town): Gundorovka

Derived terms

• Donetsk City
• Donetskian
• Donetsk Oblast
• Donetsk People's Republic
• DPR

Related terms

• Don
• Donbas
• Don Cossacks
• Donets
• Donets Basin
• Donets River
• Don River

Translations

city

• Arabic: دُونِيتْسْك m (dunitsk), دُونِيتْسْك m (donetsk)
• Armenian: Դոնեցկ (hy) (Donecʻk)
• Belarusian: Дане́цк m (Danjéck)
• Bulgarian: Доне́цк m (Donéck)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頓涅茨克 / 顿涅茨克 (zh) (Dùnniècíkè), 頓內茨克 / 顿内茨克 (zh) (Dùnnèicìkè), 頓內次克 / 顿内次克 (zh) (Dùnnèicíkè)

• Crimean Tatar: Donetsk
• Czech: Doněck (cs) m
• Danish: Donetsk
• Dutch: Donetsk n
• Farefare: Donetski
• Finnish: Donetsk (fi)
• French: Donetsk (fr) m
• Georgian: დონეცკი (donecḳi)
• German: Donezk (de) n
• Greek: Ντονέτσκ (el) n (Ntonétsk), Ντονιέσκ (el) n (Ntoniésk)
• Hebrew: דוֹנֵצְק
• Hindi: डोनेट्स्क (ḍoneṭsk)
• Hungarian: Doneck (hu)
• Japanese: ドネツク (Donetsuku), ドネツィク (Donetsiku), ドネチク (Donechiku)
• Korean: 도네츠크 (Donecheukeu), 도네쯔크 (ko) (Donejjeukeu) (North Korea)
• Lithuanian: Doneckas m
• Macedonian: Донецк m (Doneck)
• Persian: دونتسک (donetsk)
• Polish: Donieck (pl) m
• Portuguese: Donetsk f
• Romanian: Donețk
• Russian: Доне́цк (ru) m (Donéck)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Доњецк m

  Latin: Donjeck m

• Slovak: Doneck m
• Slovene: Doneck m
• Spanish: Donetsk (es) m
• Swedish: Donetsk n
• Turkish: Donetsk
• Ukrainian: Доне́цьк (uk) m (Donécʹk)
• Volapük: Donäzk

oblast

• Belarusian: Дане́цкая во́бласць f (Danjéckaja vóblascʹ)
• Crimean Tatar: Donetsk vilâyeti
• Kazakh: Донецк облысы (Doneck oblısı)
• Kyrgyz: Донецк облусу (Donetsk oblusu)
• Polish: Obwód doniecki f
• Russian: Доне́цкая о́бласть (ru) f (Donéckaja óblastʹ)
• Swedish: Donetsk n
• Ukrainian: Доне́цька о́бласть (uk) f (Donécʹka óblastʹ)

See also

• (city): Donetsk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (raion): Donetsk Raion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (oblast): Donetsk Oblast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (hromada): Donetsk urban hromada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

• Crimea
• Lugansk
• Luhansk

Anagrams

• stonked, tokdens

Crimean Tatar

Alternative spellings|-		Arabic	دونچك
Soviet Latin	Donetsk
Cyrillic	Донецк
Ukranian Latin	Donetsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian Доне́цьк (Donécʹk).

Proper noun

Donetsk

1. Donetsk (a city in Ukraine)

Declension

Declension of Donetsk

nominative	Donetsk
genitive	Donetskniñ
dative	Donetskke
accusative	Donetskni
locative	Donetskte
ablative	Donetskten

Dutch

Etymology

Transliteration of Ukrainian Доне́цьк (Donécʹk).

Proper noun

Donetsk n

1. Donetsk, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.

Further reading

• Donetsk on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈne.t͡ʃis.ki/, /doˈnet͡ʃsk/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈne.t͡ʃis.ki/, /doˈnet͡ʃsk/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /doˈne.t͡ʃis.ki/, /doˈnet͡ʃʃk/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈnet͡ʃk/

Proper noun

Donetsk ?

1. Donetsk (an oblast and separatist state in eastern Ukraine)
2. Donetsk (a city, the administrative center of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈnetsk/ [d̪oˈnet̪sk]
• Rhymes: -etsk
• Syllabification: Do‧netsk

Proper noun

Donetsk ?

1. Donetsk (a city in Ukraine)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ukrainian Доне́цьк (Donécʹk).

Proper noun

Donetsk

1. Donetsk (a city in Ukraine)

Declension

Declension of Donetsk

	singular	plural
nominative	Donetsk	Donetskler / Donetsk'ler
definite accusative	Donetsk'i	Donetskleri / Donetsk'leri
dative	Donetsk'e	Donetsklere / Donetsk'lere
locative	Donetsk'te	Donetsklerde / Donetsk'lerde
ablative	Donetsk'ten	Donetsklerden / Donetsk'lerden
genitive	Donetsk'in	Donetsklerin / Donetsk'lerin

Possessive forms of Donetsk

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Donetsk'im	Donetsklerim
senin (your)	Donetsk'in	Donetsklerin
onun (his/her/its)	Donetsk'i	Donetskleri
bizim (our)	Donetsk'imiz	Donetsklerimiz
sizin (your)	Donetsk'iniz	Donetskleriniz
onların (their)	Donetsk'i Donetskleri	Donetskleri