округ

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic وكرۋگ
Cyrillic округ
Latin okrug

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian о́круг (ókrug).

Pronunciation

Noun

округ (okrug)

  1. district, okrug

Declension

Synonyms

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

округ (okrugm

  1. county, district

Declension

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic округъ (okrugŭ), from Proto-Slavic *okrǫgъ, from *ob- + *krǫgъ (circle).

Pronunciation

Noun

о́круг (ókrugm inan (genitive о́круга, nominative plural округа́, genitive plural округо́в, relational adjective окружно́й), округа (okrugá) pl

  1. district, okrug
    военный округ
    vojennyj okrug
    military district
  2. subprefecture (of Japan)
  3. county (of the USA or Canada)
  4. (law) circuit
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

окру́г (okrúgf inan pl

  1. genitive plural of окру́га (okrúga)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ôkruːɡ/
  • Hyphenation: о‧круг

Noun

о̏крӯг m (Latin spelling ȍkrūg)

  1. district
  2. area
  3. zone
  4. province

Declension

Ukrainian

Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

  • о́круг: IPA(key): (etymology 1)
  • окру́г: IPA(key): (etymologies 2-4)
  • Audio; о́круг (ókruh):(file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic округъ (okrugŭ), from Proto-Slavic *okrǫgъ, from *ob- + *krǫgъ (circle).

Noun

о́круг (ókruhm inan (genitive о́кругу, nominative plural округи́ or о́круги, genitive plural округі́в or о́кругів, relational adjective окружни́й)

  1. district (administrative division of a territory)
    військо́вий о́кругvijsʹkóvyj ókruhmilitary district
  2. okrug (administrative division of some Slavic states)
  3. county (administrative division of US states)
  4. arrondissement (administrative division of French departments)
  5. (politics) constituency, district (electoral division of a territory)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

окру́г (okrúhm inan (genitive окру́гу, nominative plural окру́ги, genitive plural окру́гів)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of окру́га f (okrúha)
Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

окру́г (okrúhf inan pl

  1. genitive plural of окру́га (okrúha)

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

окру́г (okrúh)

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of навко́ло (navkólo, around, about).

Preposition

окру́г (okrúh) (+ genitive case)

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of навко́ло (navkólo, around, about).

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