Russian edit

Etymology edit

страна́ (straná) +‎ -ник (-nik). Compare Old Church Slavonic страньникъ (stranĭnikŭ), and Old East Slavic стороньникъ (storonĭnikŭ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

стра́нник (stránnikm anim (genitive стра́нника, nominative plural стра́нники, genitive plural стра́нников, feminine стра́нница)

  1. wanderer, traveller; vagrant, vagabond, rover, roamer, pilgrim

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “страна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress