энциклопедия

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ەنتسيكلوپەديا
Cyrillic энциклопедия
Latin entsiklopedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian энциклопе́дия (enciklopédija), from New Latin encyclopaedia (general education), from a univerbated form of Koine Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā, education in the circle of arts and sciences), from ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, circular) + παιδείᾱ (paideíā, child-rearing, education).

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Noun

энциклопедия (énsiklopediä)

  1. encyclopaedia/encyclopedia

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Russian

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Etymology

From New Latin encyclopaedia (general education), from a univerbated form of Koine Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā, education in the circle of arts and sciences), from ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, circular) + παιδείᾱ (paideíā, child-rearing, education).

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Noun

энциклопе́дия (enciklopédijaf inan (genitive энциклопе́дии, nominative plural энциклопе́дии, genitive plural энциклопе́дий, relational adjective энциклопеди́ческий)

  1. encyclopaedia/encyclopedia

Declension

Descendants

  • Kazakh: энциклопедия (énsiklopediä)