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- Russian · derived fromпусты́ня“desert”
- English todaypoustinia
From the Russian пусты́ня (pustýnja, “desert”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
poustinia
Today it means: In Christian spirituality, a small sparsely furnished cabin or room where a person goes to fast and pray, but which is less austere than a hermitage. Full definition →
Russian пусты́ня