Чебурашка

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Russian

 Чебурашка on Russian Wikipedia
Крокодил Гена и Чебурашка

Etymology

Jocular formation, from чебура́хнуться (čeburáxnutʹsja, to topple) +‎ -шка (-ška).

Attested in Vladimir Dal's Explanatory Dictionary of the Live Great Russian language as a generic noun synonymous to ванька-встанька (vanʹka-vstanʹka, roly-poly).

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Proper noun

Чебура́шка (Čeburáškam anim (genitive Чебура́шки, nominative plural Чебура́шки, genitive plural Чебура́шек)

  1. Cheburashka (a character in Soviet children's literature and the protagonist of an animated film), Topple (a former English translation).
    • 1966, Эдуард Успенский , “Вступление, которое можно не читать”, in Крокодил Гена и его друзья; English translation from “Irtroduction, Which You Don't Have to Read Unless You Feel Like It”, in Nina Ignatowicz, transl., Crocodile Gene and his friends, translation of original in Russian, 1994:
      Мои родители утверждали, что Чебурашка – это неизвестный науке зверь, который водится в жарких тропических лесах.
      Moi roditeli utverždali, što Čeburaška – eto neizvestnyj nauke zverʹ, kotoryj voditsja v žarkix tropičeskix lesax.
      My parents claimed that Floptop was an animal unknown to science who lived in hot tropical forests.
    • 1976, “Песня Чебурашки ”, Эдуард Успенский (lyrics), Владимир Шаинский (music)‎performed by Клара Румянова :
      Теперь я - Чебурашка,
      Мне каждая дворняжка
      При встрече сразу лапу подаёт!
      Teperʹ ja - Čeburaška,
      Mne každaja dvornjažka
      Pri vstreče srazu lapu podajót!
      Now I'm Cheburashka,
      every mutt, upon meeting,
      Gives me its paw at once.

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: Չեբուրաշկա (Čʻeburaška)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 大耳猴 (Dà'ěrhóu) (lit. big-eared monkey)
  • Japanese: チェブラーシカ (Cheburāshika)

References

  1. ^ Владимир Даль (2008-2022) “чебурахать”, in Толковый словарь живаго великорусскаго языка (in Russian), page 603