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azbuka

azbuka noun: the Cyrillic alphabet.

Noun

azbuka

  1. The Cyrillic alphabet.

Origin of azbuka

From Slavic languages, especially using the Cyrillic script, compare Russian а́збука (ázbuka) (also Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian), from the first Old Church Slavonic letter names аз (az) and буки (búki) (compare Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos) = ἄλφα (álpha) + βῆτα (bêta) or Persian الف (alef) + باء (bâ')), from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, *buky.

Questions about azbuka

What does azbuka mean?
Azbuka means the Cyrillic alphabet.
What part of speech is azbuka?
Azbuka is a noun.

Words near azbuka in the dictionary

  1. Azazel
  2. Azbell
  3. Azbells
  4. Azbill
  5. Azbills
  6. azbuka
  7. Azcapotzalco
  8. AZCKO
  9. Azcona
  10. Azconas
  11. Azd

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