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демократия

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Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic دەموكراتيا
Cyrillic демократия
Latin demokratia

Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian демокра́тия (demokrátija), from Latin democratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [dʲɪmɐˈkratʲɪɪ̯ə]

Noun

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демократия (demokratiä)

  1. democracy

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Russian

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 демократия on Russian Wikipedia

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin democratia and Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía). First attested in 1704 as димократия, mimicking the Greek pronunciation.

The current form "демократия" most likely stems from German Demokratie. Had it been borrowed from French or Polish, it would have yielded "демокрация".

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [dʲɪmɐˈkratʲɪjə]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: де‧мо‧кра‧тия
  • Rhymes: -atʲɪjə

Noun

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демокра́тия (demokrátijaf inan (genitive демокра́тии, nominative plural демокра́тии, genitive plural демокра́тий)

  1. democracy
    Synonym: народовла́стие (narodovlástije)
    • 1937, Lion Feuchtwanger, Moscow 1937: My Visit Described for My Friends. 3. Democracy and Dictatorship, page 51:
      Демокра́тия означа́ет госпо́дство наро́да; но как же, спра́шивают сове́тские лю́ди, мо́жет наро́д осуществля́ть своё госпо́дство, е́сли он не владе́ет сре́дствами произво́дства?
      Demokrátija označájet gospódstvo naróda; no kak že, sprášivajut sovétskije ljúdi, móžet naród osuščestvljátʹ svojó gospódstvo, jésli on ne vladéjet srédstvami proizvódstva?
      Soviet people ask how, if democracy means government by the people, the people can exercise this government if they are not in possession of the means of production.

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Descendants

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “демократия”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress