See also: ашик

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian я́щик (jáščik).

Noun

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ящик (yaşçik)

  1. box, chest

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic аскъ (askŭ) or ꙗскъ (jaskŭ), from Old Norse askr (wooden vessel) or eski (ashen box). See *askaz for cognates.

In the sense of “secret facility”, from the Soviet Union-era rule of keeping the names of such facilities a secret by addressing mail to a post office box number without a name.

For the semantic shift from "tree" to "container" compare Latin buxus, buxis (whence English box, boxwood).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈjæɕːɪk]
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Noun

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я́щик (jáščikm inan (genitive я́щика, nominative plural я́щики, genitive plural я́щиков, relational adjective я́щичный, diminutive я́щичек)

  1. box, case, chest
  2. drawer (in a piece of furniture)
  3. (colloquial, derogatory) idiot box, boob tube (TV set)
  4. (colloquial, dated) secret facility, military facility
    Synonyms: абоне́нтский я́щик (abonéntskij jáščik), почто́вый я́щик (počtóvyj jáščik), режи́мное предприя́тие (režímnoje predprijátije)
  5. (computing, colloquial) Short for электро́нный почто́вый я́щик (elektrónnyj počtóvyj jáščik); (email) inbox

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ящик”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ящик”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 476

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Old East Slavic аскъ (askŭ) or ꙗскъ (jaskŭ).

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я́щик (jáščykm inan (genitive я́щика, nominative plural ящики́, genitive plural ящикі́в, diminutive я́щичок)

  1. box, case, chest

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