Arabic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Old East Slavic оукраина (ukraina), most likely through Ottoman Turkish اوقرانیا (Ukrania).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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أُوكْرَانِيَا (ʔukrāniyāf

  1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “أوكرانيا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Further reading

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Hijazi Arabic

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أُكْرانيا
 
عَلَم أُكْرانيا

Etymology

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From Ukrainian Украї́на (Ukrajína).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔu(ː)k.raːn.ja/, [ʔʊk.raːn.ja]

Proper noun

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أوكرانْيا (ʔukrānyaf

  1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)
    Alternative form: أكرانيا
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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic أُوكْرَانِيَا (ʔūkrāniyā).

Proper noun

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أوكرانيا (ʔukrānyaf

  1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)
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