Йошкар-Ола

Eastern Mari

Etymology

Compound of йошкар (joškar) +‎ ола (ola).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joʃˈkɑɾ oˈlɑ/
• Hyphenation: Йош‧кар-Ола

Proper noun

Йошкар-Ола • (Joškar-Ola)

1. Yoshkar-Ola (the capital and largest city of the Mari El Republic, Russia)

   Йошкар-Олаште илем.

   Joškar-Olašte iĺem.

   I live in Yoshkar-Ola.

Declension

Declension of Йошкар-Ола
	singular	plural
nominative	Йошкар-Ола (Joškar-Ola)	—
accusative	Йошкар-Олам (Joškar-Olam)	—
genitive	Йошкар-Олан (Joškar-Olan)	—
dative	Йошкар-Олалан (Joškar-Olalan)	—
comitative	Йошкар-Олаге (Joškar-Olage)	—
comparative	Йошкар-Олала (Joškar-Olala)	—
inessive	Йошкар-Олаште (Joškar-Olašte)	—
illative (short)	Йошкар-Олаш (Joškar-Olaš)	—
illative (long)	Йошкар-Олашке (Joškar-Olaške)	—
lative	Йошкар-Олаш (Joškar-Olaš)	—

Possessed forms of Йошкар-Ола
	singular	plural
1st person	Йошкар-Олам (Joškar-Olam)	Йошкар-Олана (Joškar-Olana)
2nd person	Йошкар-Олат (Joškar-Olat)	Йошкар-Олада (Joškar-Olada)
3rd person	Йошкар-Олаже (Joškar-Olaže)	Йошкар-Олашт (Joškar-Olašt)

References

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “Йошкар-Ола”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɵʂˌkar ɐˈɫa]
• IPA^(key): [(j)ɪʂˌkar ɐˈɫa]

Proper noun

Йошкар-Ола́ • (Joškar-Olá) f inan (genitive Йошкар-Олы́)

1. Yoshkar-Ola (the capital and largest city of the Mari El Republic, Russia)

Declension

Declension of Йошкар-Ола́ (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular
nominative	Йошкар-Ола́ Joškar-Olá
genitive	Йошкар-Олы́ Joškar-Olý
dative	Йошкар-Оле́ Joškar-Olé
accusative	Йошкар-Олу́ Joškar-Olú
instrumental	Йошкар-Оло́й, Йошкар-Оло́ю Joškar-Olój, Joškar-Olóju
prepositional	Йошкар-Оле́ Joškar-Olé

Related terms

• йошка́р-оли́нец (joškár-olínec)
• йошка́р-оли́нский (joškár-olínskij)