доктор наук

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Etymology edit

Literally, "doctor of sciences", from доктор "doctor" and наук, genitive plural of наука "science".

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

до́ктор нау́к (dóktor naúkm anim (genitive до́ктора нау́к, nominative plural доктора́ нау́к, genitive plural докторо́в нау́к)

  1. The highest degree in higher education in Russia, based on the quality of the researcher's (professor's) work as a whole.

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