район

Buryat

Historical evolution
Classical Mongolian [Term?]
Latin [Term?]a
районb
Cyrillic район
a 1931–1936, based on the Tsongol–Sartul dialect.
b 1937–1939, based on the Khori dialect.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian район (rajon), from French rayon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rɐ̟.jɔːɴ̟]
  • Hyphenation: ра‧йон

Noun

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район • (rajon)

  1. district (administrative division)
    Synonym: аймаг (ajmag)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in 1865. Borrowed from French rayon, from Middle French royon, rayon, from Old French raie, ree (honeycomb), from Frankish *hrātu (honeycomb). Not cognate with English region, of which it is a false cognate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rɐˈjɵn]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

райо́н • (rajónm inan (genitive райо́на, nominative plural райо́ны, genitive plural райо́нов, relational adjective райо́нный)

  1. district
  2. region, area

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Buryat: район (rajon)
  • English: raion
  • Georgian: რაიონი (raioni)
  • Finnish: rajoni
  • Ingrian: raijona, rajona
  • Romanian: raion
  • Ukrainian: райо́н (rajón)
  • Uyghur: رايون (rayon)
  • Yakut: оройуон (oroyuon)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “район”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “район”, 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 96

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

  • р-н. (r-n.)abbreviation

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian райо́н (rajón), from French rayon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rɐˈjɔn]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

райо́н • (rajónm inan (genitive райо́ну, nominative plural райо́ни, genitive plural райо́нів, relational adjective райо́нний)

  1. district
  2. region, area
  3. raion

Declension

Declension of райо́н
(inan hard masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative райо́н
rajón
райо́ни
rajóny
genitive райо́ну
rajónu
райо́нів
rajóniv
dative райо́нові, райо́ну
rajónovi, rajónu
райо́нам
rajónam
accusative райо́н
rajón
райо́ни
rajóny
instrumental райо́ном
rajónom
райо́нами
rajónamy
locative райо́ні
rajóni
райо́нах
rajónax
vocative райо́не
rajóne
райо́ни
rajóny

Derived terms

  • мікрорайо́н (mikrorajón)
  • націона́льний райо́н (nacionálʹnyj rajón)
  • підрайо́н (pidrajón)

References