Cyrillization

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See also: cyrillization

English

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Etymology

From Cyrillic +‎ -ization.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌsɪɹɪlɪˈzeɪʃən/

Noun

Cyrillization (countable and uncountable, plural Cyrillizations)

  1. The transliteration of text into the Cyrillic alphabet.
  2. The adoption of the Cyrillic alphabet for a language's writing system.
    • 1998, Avraham Greenbaum, “Yiddish Language Politics in the Ukraine, 1930-1936”, in Dov-Ber Kerler, editor, Politics of Yiddish: Studies in Language, Literature & Society, Rowman Altamira, →ISBN, page 25:
      As far as I know, Cyrillization of Yiddish was never suggested by anyone.

Translations

putting text into the Cyrillic alphabet
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