oblast

See also: Oblast, óblast, and oblasť

English

A map of Blagoevgrad oblast (province), Bulgaria

Etymology

From a Slavic language, probably Russian о́бласть (óblastʹ, “region, province”), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic область (oblastĭ), from Proto-Slavic *obolstь, from earlier *obvolstь, *obvoldtь, a compound of *o(b)- (“over”) + *volstь (“rule, power, authority”), thus originally probably meaning "a region ruled over". Compare Proto-Slavic *obvoldati (“to rule”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒblæst/, /ˈɒblɑːst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

oblast (plural oblasts or oblasti)

1. A region or province in Slavic or Slavic-influenced countries.
   • 1979, Jerry Fincher Hough, How the Soviet Union Is Governed, page 483:

     The territorial subdivision below the level of the union republic — or at least below the level of the larger union republics — is that of the oblast, the krai, or the autonomous republic. In 1977 there were 120 oblasts, 6 krais, and 20 autonomous republics, and they corresponded roughly to the American state in size.

   • 2002, Kathryn Stoner-Weiss, Local Heroes: The Political Economy of Russian Regional Governance, page 119:

     It is important to note, however, that the general pattern of Nizhnii Novgorod oblast at the top and Tiumen' and Yaroslavl' oblasts in the middle, with Saratov at the bottom, occurred too often across all indicators to assume that even those differences in means that were not significant at a .05 confidence level or better occurred merely by chance.

   • 2010, Martha Brill Olcott, Kazakhstan: Unfulfilled Promise, page 194:

     Almaty oblast (distinct from Almaty city) is the most rural of Kazakhstan's oblasts, at just 22.2 percent urban.

Derived terms

• autonomous oblast
• inter-oblast
• intra-oblast
• oblastal

Translations

region or province

• Abkhaz: аабласт (aablastʼ)
• Afrikaans: oblast
• Arabic: أُوبْلَاسْت m (ʔūblāst), أُوبْلَاسْت m (ʔōblast)
• Armenian: շրջան (hy) (šrǰan), մարզ (hy) (marz)
• Azerbaijani: vilayət (az)
• Bashkir: өлкә (ölkä)
• Basque: oblast
• Belarusian: во́бласць (be) f (vóblascʹ), во́бласьць f (vóblasʹcʹ)
• Bengali: ওব্লাস্ট (ōblasṭ)
• Bulgarian: о́бласт (bg) f (óblast)
• Buryat: можо (možo)
• Carpathian Rusyn: о́бласть f (óblastʹ)
• Catalan: óblast m
• Chechen: латтдоза (lattdoza), область (oblastʲ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 州 (zh) (zhōu, literally “state, province”)

• Chuvash: облаҫӗ (oblaś̬ĕ)
• Circassian:

  East Circassian: област (woblast), хэку (kbd) (xɛkʷu)

• Czech: oblast (cs) f
• Danish: oblast
• Dutch: oblast (nl)
• Esperanto: oblasto
• Estonian: oblast (et)
• Finnish: oblasti (fi), alue (fi)
• French: oblast (fr) m
• Georgian: მხარე (mxare), ოლქი (olki), ობლასტი (oblasṭi) (colloquial)
• German: Oblast (de) f or m
• Greek: όμπλαστ n (ómplast)
• Hebrew: אובלסט m (óblast)
• Hindi: ओब्लास्त f (oblāst)
• Hungarian: terület (hu), körzet (hu), régió (hu)
• Indonesian: oblast
• Ingrian: oblasti
• Italian: oblast'
• Japanese: オーブラスチ (ja) (ōburasuchi)
• Javanese: oblast
• Kalmyk: төгәлң (tögälñ), муҗ (muj)
• Kazakh: облыс (oblıs)
• Komi:

  Komi-Permyak: лапӧв (lapöv)

• Korean: 오블라스티 (obeullaseuti)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: oblast (ku)

• Kyrgyz: облус (ky) (oblus)
• Macedonian: о́бласт f (óblast)
• Malay: oblast
• Mongolian:

  Classical Mongolian: ᠣᠪᠯᠠᠰᠲ᠋ᠢ (oblasti), ᠮᠤᠵᠢ (muǰi, literally “province”)

  Cyrillic: область (oblastʹ), муж (mn) (muž, literally “province”)

  Mongolian script: ᠣᠪᠯᠠᠰᠲ᠋ᠢ (oblasti), ᠮᠤᠵᠢ (muǰi, literally “province”)

• Nogai: уьлке (ülke)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oblast

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: область f (oblastĭ)

• Old East Slavic: оболость f (obolostĭ)
• Ossetian: облӕст (oblæst)
• Pannonian Rusyn: обласц f (oblasc)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: اُبْلاسْت (oblâst)

• Polish: obwód (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: óblast
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਆਬਲਸਤ f (ābalsat)

• Romanian: oblastie n
• Russian: о́бласть (ru) f (óblastʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̏бла̄ст f

  Latin: ȍblāst (sh) f

• Slovak: oblasť f
• Slovene: oblast f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: oblasć f

• Spanish: óblast
• Swedish: oblast
• Tagalog: oblast
• Tajik: вилоят (tg) (viloyat)
• Tatar: өлкә (tt) (ölkä)
• Turkish: oblast (tr)
• Turkmen: welaýat
• Udmurt: улос (ulos)
• Ukrainian: о́бласть (uk) f (óblastʹ)
• Urdu: اوبْلاسْت f (oblāst)
• Uyghur: ئوبلاست (oblast), ۋىلايەت (wilayet)
• Uzbek: oblast (uz), viloyat (uz), muzofot (uz)
• Vietnamese: oblast (vi)
• Yakut: уобалас (uobalas)
• Yiddish: געגנט f (gegnt), אָבלאַסט m or f (oblast)

See also

• krai

Anagrams

• balots, blasto, blasto-, bloats, bostal

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ab

Proto-Slavic *o(b)

Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁dʰh₁-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *walˀdā́ˀtei

Proto-Slavic *volděti

Proto-Slavic *volsti

Proto-Slavic *obolstideverb.

Proto-Slavic *obolstь

Czech oblast

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obolstь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoblast]

• Audio:

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Noun

oblast f

1. area (particular geographic region)

Declension

Declension of oblast (mixed i-stem [type 'pěst'] feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	oblast	oblasti
genitive	oblasti	oblastí
dative	oblasti	oblastím, oblastem
accusative	oblast	oblasti
vocative	oblasti	oblasti
locative	oblasti	oblastích, oblastech
instrumental	oblastí	oblastmi

Derived terms

• oblastní

Further reading

• “oblast”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “oblast”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “oblast”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech oblast in the 19th century, from Proto-Slavic *obolstь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ôblaːst/
• Hyphenation: o‧blast

Noun

ȍblāst f (Cyrillic spelling о̏бла̄ст)

1. district, region
2. area, zone
3. province

Declension

Declension of oblast

	singular	plural
nominative	ȍblāst	ȍblāsti
genitive	ȍblāsti	oblástī
dative	ȍblāsti	oblástima
accusative	ȍblāst	ȍblāsti
vocative	ȍblāsti	ȍblāsti
locative	oblásti	oblástima
instrumental	ȍblāšću	oblástima

or

Declension of oblast

	singular	plural
nominative	ȍblāst	ȍblāsti
genitive	ȍblāsti	ȍblāstī
dative	ȍblāsti	ȍblāstima
accusative	ȍblāst	ȍblāsti
vocative	ȍblāsti	ȍblāsti
locative	ȍblāsti	ȍblāstima
instrumental	ȍblāšću	ȍblāstima

Further reading

• “oblast”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *obolstь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔbláːst/

Noun

oblȃst f

1. rule, power
2. authority, government, regime

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	oblást
gen. sing.	oblastí
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	oblást	oblastí	oblastí
genitive (rodȋlnik)	oblastí	oblastí	oblastí
dative (dajȃlnik)	oblásti	oblastéma	oblastém
accusative (tožȋlnik)	oblást	oblastí	oblastí
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	oblásti	oblastéh	oblastéh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	oblastjó	oblastéma	oblastmí

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, i-stem
nom. sing.	oblást
gen. sing.	oblásti
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	oblást	oblásti	oblásti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	oblásti	oblásti	oblásti
dative (dajȃlnik)	oblásti	oblástma	oblástim
accusative (tožȋlnik)	oblást	oblásti	oblásti
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	oblásti	oblástih	oblástih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	oblástjo	oblástma	oblástmi

Further reading

• “oblast”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian о́бласть (óblastʹ).

Noun

oblast (plural oblastlar)

1. oblast, province

   Synonym: muzofot

Declension

Declension of oblast

	singular	plural
nominative	oblast	oblastlar
genitive	oblastning	oblastlarning
dative	oblastga	oblastlarga
definite accusative	oblastni	oblastlarni
locative	oblastda	oblastlarda
ablative	oblastdan	oblastlardan
similative	oblastdek	oblastlardek

Possessive forms of oblast

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	oblastim	oblastlarim
genitive	oblastimning	oblastlarimning
dative	oblastimga	oblastlarimga
definite accusative	oblastimni	oblastlarimni
locative	oblastimda	oblastlarimda
ablative	oblastimdan	oblastlarimdan
similative	oblastimdek	oblastlarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	oblasting	oblastlaring
genitive	oblastingning	oblastlaringning
dative	oblastingga	oblastlaringga
definite accusative	oblastingni	oblastlaringni
locative	oblastingda	oblastlaringda
ablative	oblastingdan	oblastlaringdan
similative	oblastingdek	oblastlaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	oblasti	oblastlari
genitive	oblastining	oblastlarining
dative	oblastiga	oblastlariga
definite accusative	oblastini	oblastlarini
locative	oblastida	oblastlarida
ablative	oblastidan	oblastlaridan
similative	oblastidek	oblastlaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	oblastimiz	oblastlarimiz
genitive	oblastimizning	oblastlarimizning
dative	oblastimizga	oblastlarimizga
definite accusative	oblastimizni	oblastlarimizni
locative	oblastimizda	oblastlarimizda
ablative	oblastimizdan	oblastlarimizdan
similative	oblastimizdek	oblastlarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	oblastingiz	oblastlaringiz
genitive	oblastingizning	oblastlaringizning
dative	oblastingizga	oblastlaringizga
definite accusative	oblastingizni	oblastlaringizni
locative	oblastingizda	oblastlaringizda
ablative	oblastingizdan	oblastlaringizdan
similative	oblastingizdek	oblastlaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	oblasti	oblastlari
genitive	oblastining	oblastlarining
dative	oblastiga	oblastlariga
definite accusative	oblastini	oblastlarini
locative	oblastida	oblastlarida
ablative	oblastidan	oblastlaridan
similative	oblastidek	oblastlaridek