Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic دەرجاۆا
Cyrillic держава
Latin derjava
Yañalif derçava

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian держа́ва (deržáva)

Noun edit

держава (derjava)

  1. state, power (a powerful country)

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Russian edit

Etymology edit

First attested in 1344. Inherited from Old East Slavic дьржава (dĭržava), from Proto-Slavic *dьržava. Cognates include Ukrainian держа́ва (deržáva, strength; estate; state (government), power), Belarusian дзяржа́ва (dzjaržáva, state (government)), Old Church Slavonic дрьжава (drĭžava), дръжава (drŭžava), Bulgarian държа́ва (dǎržáva, state (government)), Macedonian држава (država, state (government)), Serbo-Croatian др̀жава (possession; state (government)), Slovene držȃva (composition, content; state, power; possession) (tonal orthography), Czech država (possession; power, state), Slovak dŕžava (state, power), Polish dzierżawa (lease; (archaic) possession).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [dʲɪrˈʐavə]
  • (file)

Noun edit

держа́ва (deržávaf inan (genitive держа́вы, nominative plural держа́вы, genitive plural держа́в, relational adjective держа́вный)

  1. state, power (a powerful country)
    Synonyms: страна́ (straná), госуда́рство (gosudárstvo), ца́рство (cárstvo), импе́рия (impérija)
    вели́кая держа́ваvelíkaja deržávaa great power
  2. globus cruciger, orb (a globe with a cross used as a symbol of royal power)

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Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic дьржава (dĭržava), from Proto-Slavic *dьržava.

Pronunciation 1 edit

Noun edit

держа́ва (deržávaf inan (genitive держа́ви, nominative plural держа́ви, genitive plural держа́в, relational adjective держа́вний)

  1. state, country, nation
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Pronunciation 2 edit

Noun edit

де́ржава or держа́ва (déržava or deržávaf inan (genitive де́ржави or держа́ви, nominative plural де́ржави or держа́ви, genitive plural де́ржав or держа́в)

  1. (archaic) estate, possession
  2. (dated) strength
  3. (dated) power
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