Zelenskyy

English

Alternative forms

• Zelensky, Zelenskiy, Zelenskyi, Zelenski

Etymology

Transliteration of Ukrainian Зеле́нський (Zelénsʹkyj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɪˈlɛnski/

• Audio (General American):

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Proper noun

Zelenskyy (plural Zelenskyys)

1. A surname from Ukrainian.
   1. Volodymyr Zelenskyy (born 1978), Ukrainian politician, the sixth and current president of Ukraine since 2019.
      • 2024 July 19, Kristen Holmes, “Trump says he had ‘a very good phone call’ with Zelensky, discussed Russia-Ukraine war”, in CNN‎^[1]:

        “President Zelenskyy of Ukraine and I had a very good phone call earlier today. He congratulated me on a very successful Republican National Convention and becoming the Republican nominee for President of the United States,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

      • 2025 February 12, Kaitlan Collins and Kevin Liptak, “After Putin call, Trump says negotiations to end Ukraine war will start ‘immediately’”, in CNN‎^[2]:

        “We agreed to work together, very closely, including visiting each other’s Nations. We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Zelenskyy, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation, something which I will be doing right now,” Trump wrote.

Derived terms

• Jewlensky
• Ze
• Zee
• Zelenskyy curse
• Zelly

Translations

surname

• Arabic: زِيلِينْسْكِي (zelenskī)
• Armenian: Զելենսկի (Zelenski)
• Azerbaijani: Zelenski
• Belarusian: Зяле́нскі m (Zjaljénski), Зяле́нская f (Zjaljénskaja)
• Bengali: জেলেনস্কি (bn) (jelenśki)
• Bulgarian: Зеле́нски m (Zelénski)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 澤連斯基 / 泽连斯基 (zh) (Zéliánsījī)

• Corsican: Zelens'kyj, Zelensky
• Czech: Zelenskyj (of the Ukrainian president), Zelenský m, Zelenská f
• Dutch: Zelensky
• French: Zelensky (fr) m
• Georgian: ზელენსკი (zelensḳi)
• German: Selenskyj m
• Greek: Ζελένσκι (el) (Zelénski)
• Hebrew: זֵלֶנְסְקִי (zelénski)
• Hindi: ज़ेलेंस्की (zelẽskī)
• Hungarian: Zelenszkij
• Italian: Zelens'kyj, Zelensky
• Japanese: ゼレンスキー (Zerensukī)
• Kazakh: Зеленський (Zelenskii)
• Korean: 젤렌스키 (Jellenseuki), 젤렌스끼 (Jellenseukki)
• Kyrgyz: Зеленський (Zelenskiy), Зеленский (Zelenskiy)
• Latvian: Zelenskis m
• Lithuanian: Zelenskis m
• Macedonian: Зеленски (Zelenski)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Зеленський (Zelensʹkii), Зеленский (Zelenskii)

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: زِلِنْسْکی (zelenski)

• Polish: Zieleński m, Zieleńska f, Zieloński m, Zielońska f, Zełenski m (of the Ukrainian president), Zełenska f
• Romanian: Zelenski
• Russian: Зеле́нский (ru) m (Zelénskij), Зеле́нская (ru) f (Zelénskaja)
• Sardinian: Zelens'kyj, Zelensky
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Зеленски

  Roman: Zelenski

• Slovak: Zelenskyj (of the Ukrainian president), Zelenský m, Zelenská f
• Slovene: Zelenski
• Tajik: Зеленский (Zelenskiy)
• Thai: แซแลนสกึย
• Turkish: Zelenski
• Ukrainian: Зеле́нський (uk) m (Zelénsʹkyj), Зеле́нська f (Zelénsʹka)
• Urdu: زیلینْسْکی (zelenskī)
• Uyghur: زېلېنسكىي (zëlënskiy)
• Uzbek: Zelenskiy
• Vietnamese: Dê-len-xki

See also

• Zelenska