Николай

Russian

Nicholas II

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲɪkɐˈɫaj]

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Proper noun

Никола́й • (Nikoláj) m anim (genitive Никола́я, nominative plural Никола́и, genitive plural Никола́ев, relational adjective никола́евский, diminutive Ко́ля)

1. a male given name, Nikolai or Nikolay, equivalent to English Nicholas
2. November (N in the ICAO spelling alphabet)

Declension

Declension of Никола́й (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	Никола́й Nikoláj	Никола́и Nikolái
genitive	Никола́я Nikolája	Никола́ев Nikolájev
dative	Никола́ю Nikoláju	Никола́ям Nikolájam
accusative	Никола́я Nikolája	Никола́ев Nikolájev
instrumental	Никола́ем Nikolájem	Никола́ями Nikolájami
prepositional	Никола́е Nikoláje	Никола́ях Nikolájax

Derived terms

• (Diminutives:) Ко́ля (Kólja)
• (Endearing forms:) Ко́ленька (Kólenʹka), Никола́ша (Nikoláša)
• (Pejorative forms:) Ко́лька (Kólʹka)
• (Patronymics:) Никола́евич (Nikolájevič)/Никола́ич (Nikoláič), Никола́евна (Nikolájevna)/Никола́вна (Nikolávna)
• (Surnames:) Никола́ев (Nikolájev)

Descendants

Transliterations

• English: Nikolai, Nikolay
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尼古拉 (Nígǔlā)

• Estonian: Nikolai
• Japanese: ニコライ (Nikorai)
• Korean: 니콜라이 (Nikollai)
• Latvian: Nikolajs
• Lithuanian: Nikolajus
• Persian: نیکولای (nikulây), نیکلای (Nikolây)