Etymology

Я

Today it means: Used to represent R in Russian contexts. Full definition →

Russian Я
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The story

  1. Russian · borrowed fromЯ
  2. English todayЯ

Orthographic borrowing from Russian Я (Ja), faux Cyrillic.

Words from the same roots

RussianЯ all →

ya

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.