propiska

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian пропи́ска (propíska), from пропи́сывать (propísyvatʹ, “write into”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈpɪskə/

Noun

propiska (uncountable)

1. a system of population control in the ex-USSR, (regional) residence permit, registration
2. the stamp in the Soviet internal passport (serving as a personal ID) with the registered address.
3. (by extension) domicile, place where one lives (as stated in the stamp)

Translations

system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR

• Armenian: գրանցում (hy) (grancʻum)
• Belarusian: прапі́ска f (prapíska)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 居民許可證／居民许可证 (jūmín xǔkě zhèng)

• Czech: registrace f, propiska (cs) f
• Finnish: asuinpaikkarekisteri (no established translation), oleskelulupa (fi) (residence permit)
• French: propiska (fr) f, enregistrement (fr) m
• Georgian: გაწერა (gac̣era)
• German: Propiska f, Anmeldung (de)
• Hungarian: propiszka
• Japanese: プロピスカ (puropisuka)
• Kazakh: тіркелу (tırkelu)
• Korean: 프로피스카 (peuropiseuka)
• Kyrgyz: прописка (propiska), катталгы (kattalgı), катталым (kattalım)
• Polish: zameldowanie n, propiska (pl) f
• Portuguese: propiska f
• Russian: пропи́ска (ru) f (propíska)
• Spanish: propiska f
• Tajik: қайд (qayd)
• Ukrainian: пропи́ска f (propýska)
• Uzbek: propiska (uz)
• Vietnamese: đăng ký (vi), đăng ký cư trú

stamp

• Belarusian: прапі́ска f (prapíska)
• Finnish: asuinpaikkamerkintä (no established translation)
• Russian: пропи́ска (ru) f (propíska)
• Ukrainian: пропи́ска f (propýska)
• Vietnamese: dấu đăng kí

domicile

• Belarusian: прапі́ска f (prapíska)
• Finnish: asuinpaikka (fi)
• Russian: пропи́ска (ru) f (propíska)
• Ukrainian: пропи́ска f (propýska)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpropɪska]

Noun

propiska f

1. ballpoint pen, biro (UK)

   Synonyms: kuličkové pero, (rare) propisovací tužka, (rare) propisovačka

2. (ex-USSR) propiska, registration

Declension

Declension of propiska (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	propiska	propisky
genitive	propisky	propisek
dative	propisce	propiskám
accusative	propisku	propisky
vocative	propisko	propisky
locative	propisce	propiskách
instrumental	propiskou	propiskami

Further reading

• “propiska”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “propiska”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “propiska”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Portuguese

Noun

propiska f (uncountable)

1. propiska (system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR)