міщанин

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Polish mieszczanin (burgher, townsman), with -анин (-anyn) suffix. Compare Russian мещани́н (meščanín), Belarusian мешчані́н (mješčanín).

Doublet of містяни́н (mistjanýn).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mʲiʃt͡ʃɐˈnɪn]
  • Audio (nonstandard); міща́нин (miščányn):(file)

Noun

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міщани́н (miščanýnm pers (genitive міщани́на, nominative plural міща́ни, genitive plural міща́н, feminine міща́нка, relational adjective міща́нський)

  1. (historical) petit bourgeois, petty bourgeois (member of a social estate in the Russian Empire comprising the urban lower middle class)
    Hypernyms: городя́нин m (horodjányn), містяни́н m (mistjanýn)
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) narrow-minded person, philistine
    Synonyms: обива́тель m (obyvátelʹ), філі́стер m (filíster)

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