Cyrillic

English

Etymology

From the name Cyril +‎ -ic, from Medieval Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κῡ́ρῐλλος (Kū́rillos), denoting Saint Cyril, who devised a predecessor to the Cyrillic script, the Glagolitic alphabet, and whose students later devised the Cyrillic script itself.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈɹɪl.ɪk/

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• Hyphenation: Cy‧ril‧lic

Adjective

Cyrillic

1. Denoting an alphabet devised for writing the Old Church Slavonic liturgical language, and its adaptations used for several languages of Eastern Europe and Asia; of or relating to this writing system.

Translations

of or pertaining to Cyrillic

• Arabic: سِرِيلِيّ‎ (sirīliyy)
• Basque: ziriliko
• Belarusian: кірылі́чны (kirylíčny)
• Bulgarian: кири́лски (kirílski)
• Catalan: ciríl·lic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西里爾／西里尔 (zh) (xīlǐ'ěr)

• Dutch: Cyrillisch
• Esperanto: cirila
• Finnish: kyrillinen
• French: cyrillique
• Galician: cirílico m
• German: kyrillisch
• Greek: κυριλλικός (kyrillikós)
• Hebrew: קירילית‎
• Hungarian: cirill
• Interlingua: cyrillic
• Irish: Coireallach
• Italian: cirillico
• Japanese: キリル (kiriru)
• Korean: 키릴 (kiril)
• Macedonian: кири́личен (kiríličen), ки́рилски (kírilski)
• Manx: Kyrillagh
• Mongolian: кирилл (kirill)

  Mongolian: ᠻᠢᠷᠢᠯ (khiril)

• Northern Sami: kyrillalaš
• Norwegian: kyrillisk
• Polish: cyrylicki
• Portuguese: cirílico
• Romanian: chirilic
• Russian: кирилли́ческий (kirillíčeskij), а́збучный (ázbučnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: ćirìličkī, ćìrilskī
• Spanish: cirílico
• Swedish: kyrillisk
• Ukrainian: кирили́чний (kyrylýčnyj), а́збучний (ázbučnyj)
• Vietnamese: Kirin

Proper noun

Cyrillic

1. The Cyrillic alphabet or writing system.

Synonyms

• Cyrillic alphabet
• Cyrillic script

Translations

a script or alphabet

• Afrikaans: cyrilliese alfabet
• Arabic: كِيرِيلِيَّة‎ f (kīrīliyya), سِرِيلِيَّة‎ f (sirīliyya), أَبْجَدِيَّة كِيرِيلِيَّة‎ (ʾabjadiyya kīrīliyya), أَبْجَدِيَّة سِرِيلِيَّة‎ (ʾabjadiyya sirīliyya)
• Armenian: կիրիլիցա (kirilicʿa)
• Azerbaijani: Kiril əlifbası
• Basque: ziriliko
• Belarusian: кіры́ліца f (kirýlica), а́збука f (ázbuka)
• Bulgarian: кири́лица f (kirílica), а́збука f (ázbuka)
• Catalan: ciríl·lic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西里爾字母／西里尔字母 (zh) (Xīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ), 西里尔字母 (xīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ), 西里爾／西里尔 (zh) (xīlǐ'ěr), 基里爾字母／基里尔字母 (jīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ)

• Czech: cyrilice f
• Dutch: cyrillisch
• Dzongkha: ཆི་རི་ལི་ཚ (chi ri li tsha)
• Estonian: kirillitsa
• Finnish: kyrillinen kirjaimisto
• French: cyrillique m
• Galician: cirílico m
• Georgian: კირილიცა (ḳirilica)
• German: Kyrillisch n
• Greek: κυριλλιακόν n (kyrilliakón), κυριλλικό αλφάβητο n (kyrillikó alfávito)
• Hebrew: קירילית‎ f (kirilít)
• Hindi: सिरिलिक (sirilik)
• Hungarian: cirill, cirill ábécé
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} Kiril, ^{(please verify)} Sirilik
• Interlingua: cyrillico
• Irish: aibítir Choireallach f
• Italian: cirillico m
• Japanese: キリル文字 (キリルもじ, kiriru moji), キリル (kiriru)
• Kazakh: кириллица (kirillisa)
• Korean: 키릴 문자 (kiril munja), 키릴 (kiril)
• Kyrgyz: кириллица (kirillitsa)
• Latvian: kirilica f
• Lithuanian: kirilica f
• Macedonian: кири́лица f (kirílica), а́збука f (ázbuka)
• Manx: Kyrillagh m
• Maori: hiririki
• Mongolian: кирил үсэг (kiril üseg), кирил (kiril), кирилл (kirill)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: кѵрїлловица f (kürillovica)

• Persian: سیریلیک‎ (sirilik), الفبای سیریلیک‎ (alefbâ-ye sirilik)
• Polish: cyrylica f
• Portuguese: cirílico m
• Romanian: alfabet chirilic n
• Russian: кири́ллица f (kiríllica), а́збука f (ázbuka)
• Rusyn: кірі́ліця f (kirílicja), а́збука f (ázbuka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ћирѝлица f, азбука f

  Roman: ćirìlica f, azbuka (sh) f

• Slovak: cyrilika f
• Slovene: cirilica f
• Spanish: cirílico m
• Swedish: kyrilliska c
• Tajik: кирилликӣ (kirillikī), алифбои кирилликӣ (alifboyi kirillikī)
• Tatar: кириллица (kirillitsa)
• Thai: อักษรซีริลลิก (àk-sɔ̌ɔn sii-ril-lìk), ซีริลลิก (sii-ril-lìk)
• Turkish: Kiril, Kiril alfabesi
• Ukrainian: кири́лиця f (kyrýlycja), а́збука f (ázbuka)
• Uyghur:

  Cyrillic: кириллица

  Arabic: كىرىللىتسا‎ (kirillitsa)

• Uzbek: kirillitsa
• Vietnamese: chữ Kirin

See also

• Appendix:Cyrillic script
• Appendix:Old Cyrillic alphabet