Gorbachev

English

Alternative forms

• Gorbachov
• Gorbachyov

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Горбачёв (Gorbačóv), usually written Горбаче́в (Gorbačév) (see note about Russian letter ё (jo)), from горба́ч (gorbáč, “hunchback”).

Proper noun

Gorbachev

1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Горбачёв (Gorbačóv).

   Mikhail Gorbachev was the last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Derived terms

• Gorbacheva
• Gorbachevian

Translations

Russian surname

• Afrikaans: Gorbatsjof
• Arabic: غُورْبَاتْشُوف (ḡurbatšūf), غُورْبَاتْشُوف (gorbatšof)
• Armenian: Գորբաչով (Gorbačʻov)
• Azerbaijani: Qorbaçov
• Belarusian: Гарбачо́ў m (Harbačóŭ)
• Bengali: গর্বাচেভ (gorbacebh)
• Bulgarian: Горбачо́в m (Gorbačóv)
• Catalan: Gorbatxov
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戈爾巴喬夫 / 戈尔巴乔夫 (zh) (Gē'ěrbāqiáofu)

• Czech: Gorbačov m
• Danish: Gorbatjov
• Dutch: Gorbatsjov m
• Esperanto: Gorbaĉov
• Estonian: Gorbatšov
• Finnish: Gorbatšov, Gorbatshov
• French: Gorbatchev (fr)
• Georgian: გორბაჩოვი (gorbačovi)
• German: Gorbatschow
• Greek: Γκορμπατσώφ (el) (Gkormpatsóf)
• Hebrew: גורבצ׳וב
• Hindi: गोर्बाचोफ़ m (gorbācof), गोर्बाचोफ m (gorbācoph), गोर्बाचोव m (gorbācov)
• Hungarian: Gorbacsov (hu)
• Icelandic: Gorbatsjev
• Indonesian: Gorbachyov, Gorbachev
• Irish: Gorbaitsov
• Italian: Gorbaciov
• Japanese: ゴルバチョフ (Gorubachofu)
• Kazakh: Горбачёв (Gorbaçev)
• Korean: 고르바쵸프 (Goreubachopeu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: گۆرباچۆڤ (gorbaçov)

• Kyrgyz: Горбачёв (Gorbacyov)
• Latvian: Gorbačovs m
• Lithuanian: Gorbačiovas m
• Macedonian: Го́рбачо́в m (Górbačóv)
• Malayalam: ഗോർബച്ചേവ് (gōṟbaccēvŭ)
• Marathi: गोर्बाचेव (gorbācev)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Gorbatsjov

• Odia: ଗୋର୍ବାଚୋଭ (gorbācobha)
• Persian: گورباچف (gôrbâčof)
• Polish: Gorbaczow m
• Portuguese: Gorbachev, Gorbatchev, Gorbachov, Gorbatchov
• Punjabi: ਗੋਰਬਾਚੇਵ (gorbācev)
• Romanian: Gorbaciov
• Russian: Горбачёв (ru) m (Gorbačóv)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Горбачов m

  Roman: Gorbačov m

• Slovak: Gorbačov m
• Slovene: Gorbačov m
• Spanish: Gorbachov
• Swedish: Gorbatjov
• Tagalog: Gorbačëv
• Tajik: Горбачёв (Gorbačyov)
• Tamil: கொர்பச்சோவ் (korpaccōv)
• Thai: กอร์บาชอฟ (gor-baa-chôf)
• Turkish: Gorbaçov
• Ukrainian: Горбачо́в m (Horbačóv)
• Uzbek: Gorbachov
• Yoruba: Gọrbatsẹf