держава

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Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic دەرجاۆا
Cyrillic держава
Latin derjava
Yañalif derçava

Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian держа́ва (deržáva)

Noun

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держава (derjava)

  1. state, power (a powerful country)

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Pannonian Rusyn

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьržava, later a semantic loan from Serbo-Croatian државаdržava. Cognate with Slovak dŕžava (dependency).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [dɛrˈʒava]
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Hyphenation: дер‧жа‧ва

Noun

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держава (deržavaf (diminutive державка or державочка, related adjective державни)

  1. country, state
    Synonyms: (obsolete) країна (krajina), (obsolete) орсаґ (orsag)

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Russian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1344. Inherited from Old East Slavic дьржава (dĭržava), from Proto-Slavic *dьržava. Cognates include Ukrainian держа́ва (deržáva, strength; estate; state (government), power), Belarusian дзяржа́ва (dzjaržáva, state (government)), Old Church Slavonic дрьжава (drĭžava), дръжава (drŭžava), Bulgarian държа́ва (dǎržáva, state (government)), Macedonian држава (država, state (government)), Serbo-Croatian др̀жава (possession; state (government)), Slovene držȃva (composition, content; state, power; possession) (tonal orthography), Czech država (possession; power, state), Slovak dŕžava (state, power), Polish dzierżawa (lease; (archaic) possession).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [dʲɪrˈʐavə]
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Noun

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держа́ва (deržávaf inan (genitive держа́вы, nominative plural держа́вы, genitive plural держа́в, relational adjective держа́вный)

  1. state, power (a powerful country)
    Synonyms: страна́ (straná), госуда́рство (gosudárstvo), ца́рство (cárstvo), импе́рия (impérija)
    вели́кая держа́ваvelíkaja deržávaa great power
  2. globus cruciger, orb (a globe with a cross used as a symbol of royal power)

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic дьржава (dĭržava), from Proto-Slavic *dьržava.

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держа́ва (deržávaf inan (genitive держа́ви, nominative plural держа́ви, genitive plural держа́в, relational adjective держа́вний)

  1. state, country, nation
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Noun

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де́ржава or держа́ва (déržava or deržávaf inan (genitive де́ржави or держа́ви, nominative plural де́ржави or держа́ви, genitive plural де́ржав or держа́в)

  1. (archaic) estate, possession
  2. (dated) strength
  3. (dated) power
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