горожанин

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Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic горожанинъ (gorožaninŭ), from Proto-Slavic *gorďaninъ. Doublet of граждани́н (graždanín), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

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Noun

горожа́нин (gorožáninm anim (genitive горожа́нина, nominative plural горожа́не, genitive plural горожа́н, feminine горожа́нка)

  1. townsman, city dweller, urbanite (male resident of a town)

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Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “горожанин”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic горожанинъ (gorožaninŭ), from Proto-Slavic *gorďaninъ. By surface analysis, го́род (hórod) +‎ -янин (-janyn). Doublet of городя́нин (horodjányn).

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Noun

горожа́нин (horožánynm pers (genitive горожа́нина, nominative plural горожа́ни, genitive plural горожа́н, feminine горожа́нка, relational adjective горожа́нський)

  1. (colloquial) townsman, city dweller, urbanite (male resident of a town)
    Synonyms: городя́нин (horodjányn), містяни́н (mistjanýn)
  2. (dated) citizen, national
    Synonym: громадя́нин (hromadjányn)

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