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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from French guirlande, further from or related to Proto-Germanic *wīraz (whence English wire). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-.
Pronunciation
Noun
гирля́нда • (girljánda) f inan (genitive гирля́нды, nominative plural гирля́нды, genitive plural гирля́нд, relational adjective гирля́ндный)
- garland
Declension
- Native
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гирлянда”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Shansky, N. M., editor (1972), “гирлянда”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 4 (Г), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 82
- Anikin, A. E. (2016) “гирлянда”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 10 (галочка – глыча), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 245