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Russian
Etymology
From транжи́рить (tranžíritʹ, “to squander”) + -а (-a).
Pronunciation
Noun
транжи́ра • (tranžíra) m anim or f anim (genitive транжи́ры, nominative plural транжи́ры, genitive plural транжи́р)
- squanderer (one who wastes e.g. money)
1977, “Советы Тристана [Tristan's Counsel]”, in M. Donskoy (lyrics), Gennady Gladkov (music), Собака на сене [The Dog in the Manger], performed by A. Dzhigarkhanyan and M. Boyarsky:Назовём коке́тливую шлю́хой, // Ска́жем про весёлую - под му́хой.
Пу́хленькая - ско́ро ло́пнет с жи́ру, // Ще́друю перекрести́м в транжи́ру.- Nazovjóm kokétlivuju šljúxoj, // Skážem pro vesjóluju - pod múxoj.
Púxlenʹkaja - skóro lópnet s žíru, // Ščédruju perekrestím v tranžíru. - Let us call a flirtatious one a slut, // Let us say a cheerful one is mellow.
A chubby one will soon burst from her fat, // A generous one we will rename as a squanderer.
Declension
References
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “транжирить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 257