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дельта

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Mongolian

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠳ᠋ᠧᠯᠲ᠋ᠠ
(dēlta)
дельта
(delʹta)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian де́льта (dɛ́lʹta), from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta), from Phoenician 𐤃 (d /⁠dalet⁠/).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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дельта (delʹta)

  1. delta

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta), whereas the sense of a deltoid is a clipping of дельтови́дная мы́шца (dɛlʹtovídnaja mýšca).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛlʲtə] (phonetic respelling: дэ́льта)

Noun

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де́льта (dɛ́lʹtaf inan (genitive де́льты, nominative plural де́льты, genitive plural дельт)

  1. delta (the Greek letter Δ/δ)
  2. delta (of a river)
  3. (mathematics, sciences) delta (change in a quantity)
  4. (colloquial) deltoid muscle

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Mongolian: дельта (delʹta)
  • Khakas: дельта (del’ta)
  • Southern Altai: дельта (delʹta)
  • Tuvan: дельта (delʹta)
  • Yakut: дельта (delta)