обезьяна

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word обезьяна. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word обезьяна, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say обезьяна in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word обезьяна you have here. The definition of the word обезьяна will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofобезьяна, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Nivkh

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian обезья́на (obezʹjána).

Noun

обезьяна (obezjjana)

  1. (zoology) monkey

Synonyms

Russian

Обезья́на

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic обезьꙗ́на (obezĭjána), обозьꙗ́на (obozĭjána), further borrowed from Persian ابوزینه (abuzina), بوزینه (buzina, simian). Cognates include Old Ruthenian обезъꙗ́на (obezʺjána).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)

Noun

обезья́на (obezʹjánaf anim (genitive обезья́ны, nominative plural обезья́ны, genitive plural обезья́н, relational adjective обезья́ний, diminutive обезья́нка)

  1. monkey, ape
    Synonym: (low colloquial or folklore; rare) облизья́на (oblizʹjána)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “обезьяна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “обезьяна”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 584