украина

See also: Украина, Украіна, Украйна, and Україна

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From оу (u, “beside, at”) +‎ краи (krai, “land, edge”) +‎ -ина (-ina). Perhaps from Proto-Slavic *ukrajina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈkrɑjinɑ/→/uˈkrajina/→/uˈkrajina/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /uˈkrɑjinɑ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /uˈkrajina/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /uˈkrajina/

Noun

украина (ukraina) f

1. boundary, outskirts, borderland

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: укра́ина (ukráina), вкра́ина (vkráina)
  • Belarusian: ускра́іна (uskráina); укра́іна (ukráina) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: украї́на (ukrajína), укра́їна (ukrájina) (obsolete)
  • ⇒ Old Ruthenian: Украи́на (Ukraína), Вкраи́на (Vkraína)
    • Belarusian: Украі́на (Ukraína); Ўкраі́на (Ŭkraína) (after vowels)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: Украї́на (Ukrajína)
    • Ukrainian: Украї́на (Ukrajína); Вкраї́на (Vkrajína) (rare, poetic, after vowels)
• ⇒ Russian: Украи́на (Ukraína), Укра́йна (Ukrájna) — dated, rare
  • → Ainu: ウㇰライナ
  • → Avar: Украина (Ukraina)
  • → Bashkir: Украина (Ukraina)
  • → Buryat: Украина (Ukraina)
  • → Catalan: Ucraïna
  • → Chinese: 烏克蘭／乌克兰 (Wūkèlán)
    • → Vietnamese: Ô Khắc Lan
  • → Chuvash: Украина (Ukraina)
  • → English: Ukraine, Ukrain, Ukrainia, Ukrania, Ucrania (all obsolete)
    • → Assamese: ইউক্ৰেইন (iukrein)
    • → Bengali: ইউক্রেন (iukren)
    • → Cherokee: ᏯᎧᏪᏂ (yakaweni), ᏳᎬᎳᎢᏅ (yugvlainv)
    • → Chinese: 烏克蘭／乌克兰 (Wūkèlán)
      • → Vietnamese: Ô Khắc Lan
    • → Dhivehi: ޔުކްރެއިން (yuk̊rein̊)
    • → Gujarati: યૂક્રેઇન (yūkreina)
    • → Hawaiian: ʻUkelena
    • → Hindi: यूक्रेन (yūkren)
    • → Kannada: ಯುಕ್ರೇನ್ (yukrēn)
    • → Malay: Ukraine
    • → Malayalam: യുക്രെയിൻ (yukreyiṉ)
    • → Maori: Ūkareinga
    • → Marathi: युक्रेन (yukren)
    • → Nepali: युक्रेन (yukrena)
    • → Odia: ୟୁକ୍ରେନ (yukrena)
    • → Punjabi: ਯੂਕ੍ਰੇਨ (yūkren)
    • → Samoan: 'Iukureini
    • → Sinhalese: යුක්රේන් (yukrēn)
    • → Telugu: ఉక్రెయిన్ (ukreyin)
    • → Thai: ยูเครน (yuu-kreen)
    • → Tigrinya: ዩክረይን (yukräyn)
    • → Tongan: ʻIukuleini
    • → Ukrainian: Юкре́йн (Jukréjn)
    • → Urdu: یُوکْرین (yūkren)
    • → Yoruba: Yukíréènì
  • → French: Ukraine
  • → Finnish: Ukraina
  • → Ingrian: Ukraina
  • → Kabardian: Украинэ (Wukrajinɛ)
  • → Karachay-Balkar: Украина (Ukraina)
  • → Kazakh: Украинӕ
  • → Komi-Permyak: Украина (Ukraina)
  • → Komi-Zyrian: Украина (Ukraina)
  • → Korean: 우크라이나 (ukeuraina)
  • → Kyrgyz: Украина (Ukraina)
  • → Mongolian:

    Cyrillic script: Украин (Ukrain), Украйн (Ukrajn), украин (ukrain), украйн (ukrajn)

    Mongolian script: ᠤᠻᠷᠠᠶᠢᠨ (ukrayin), ᠦᠺᠷᠠᠶᠢᠨ (ükrayin)

  • → Ossetian: Украинӕ (Ukrainæ)
  • → Tatar: Украина (Uqraina)
  • → Tuvan: Украина (Ukraina)
  • → Uyghur:

    Cyrillic script: Украина (Ukraina)

    Arabic script: ئۇكرائىنا (ukra'ina)

  • → Yakut: Украина (Ukraina)
  • → Vietnamese: U-crai-na

Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• оукра́ина (ukráina), ꙋкра́ина (ukráina), укра́йна (ukrájna), вкра́ина (vkráina), вкра́йна (vkrájna)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic оукра́ина (ukráina), from оу- (u-) + краи (krai) +‎ -ина (-ina). Perhaps from Proto-Slavic *ukrajina.

Noun

украина • (ukraina) f inan

1. boundary, outskirts, borderland
2. land, country

Derived terms

• Укра́ина (Ukráina)

Descendants

• Belarusian: ускра́іна (uskráina); укра́іна (ukráina) (dialectal)
• Ukrainian: украї́на (ukrajína), укра́їна (ukrájina) (obsolete)

Further reading

• Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “вкраина; украина”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 262
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*оукраина”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 474
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1997), “вкраина¹; украина¹”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 4 (весь – вправѣ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 82
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2014), “украина, вкраина, украйна”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 34 (тресолнечный – умопомятенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 355
• Tymchenko, E. K. (2003) “украина”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (О – Я), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 424