икона

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Greek εικόνα (eikóna), from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn).

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Noun

ико́на (ikónaf (relational adjective ико́нен, diminutive ико́нка)

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic يكونا
Cyrillic икона
Latin ikona

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ико́на (ikóna), from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, likeness, image, portrait).

Noun

икона (ikona)

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Macedonian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Greek εικόνα (eikóna), from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn).

Pronunciation

Noun

икона (ikonaf (plural икони, relational adjective иконичен, diminutive иконичка or иконка or иконче)

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Further reading

  • икона” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εικόνα (eikóna, accusative form).

Noun

икона (ikonaf

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    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 254-255:
      еретици же не кланꙗѭтъ сѧ иконамъ нъ коумирꙑ наричѫтъ ѩ
      eretici že ne klanjajǫtŭ sę ikonamŭ nŭ kumiry naričǫtŭ ję
      but the heretics do not venerate icons, but call them idols.
    • from Vita Constantini, 0500100-0500110:
      Бѣ же Аньнꙇи патрꙇархь ѥресь въздвигль глаголѥ: не творите чьсть светꙑмь иконамь.
      Bě že Anĭnii patriarxĭ jeresĭ vŭzdviglĭ glagolje: ne tvorite čĭstĭ svetymĭ ikonamĭ.
      John, who was Patriarch of Constantinople, started the heresy, saying that one should not honor the holy icons.

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Russian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Greek εικόνα (eikóna), from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn).

Pronunciation

Noun

ико́на (ikónaf inan (genitive ико́ны, nominative plural ико́ны, genitive plural ико́н, diminutive ико́нка)

  1. (religion) icon, usually referring to picturesque images of saints canonized in Eastern Orthodoxy or Catholicism.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek εικόνα (eikóna), from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǐkona/
  • Hyphenation: и‧ко‧на

Noun

ѝкона f (Latin spelling ìkona)

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