Etymology

Balachka

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Today it means: The dialects spoken by Cossacks living in Russia, heavily influenced by Ukrainian dialects but features akanye, like standard and central Russian. Full definition →

Russian бала́чка
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromбала́чка“conversation, chat”
  2. English todayBalachka

From regional Russian бала́чка (baláčka, “conversation, chat”), from the regional Russian verb бала́кать (balákatʹ, “to talk, to chat”) (compare Ukrainian Ukrainian бала́чка (baláčka), бала́кати (balákaty)).

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