azbuka

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noun

The Cyrillic alphabet.

OriginProto-Slavic *(j)azъ →
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Meanings

noun
  1. The Cyrillic alphabet.

Origin

  1. Proto-Slavic*(j)azъ
  2. Englishazbuka

From Slavic languages, especially using the Cyrillic script, compare Russian а́збука (ázbuka) (also Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian), from the first Old Church Slavonic letter names аз (az) and буки (búki) (compare Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos) = ἄλφα (álpha) + βῆτα (bêta) or Persian الف (alef) + باء (bâ')), from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, *buky.

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APA

azbuka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/azbuka

MLA

“azbuka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/azbuka. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “azbuka,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/azbuka.

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