держава

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic دەرجاۆا
Cyrillic держава
Latin derjava
Yañalif derçava

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian держа́ва (deržáva)

Noun

держава • (derjava)

  1. state, power (a powerful country)

Declension

Russian

Etymology

First attested in 1344. Inherited from Old East Slavic дьржава (dĭržava), from Proto-Slavic *dьržava. Cognates include Ukrainian держа́ва (deržáva, strength; estate; state (government), power), Belarusian дзяржа́ва (dzjaržáva, state (government)), Old Church Slavonic дрьжава (drĭžava), дръжава (drŭžava), Bulgarian държа́ва (dǎržáva, state (government)), Macedonian држава (država, state (government)), Serbo-Croatian др̀жава (possession; state (government)), Slovene držȃva (composition, content; state, power; possession) (tonal orthography), Czech država (possession; power, state), Slovak dŕžava (state, power), Polish dzierżawa (lease; (archaic) possession).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dʲɪrˈʐavə]
  • (file)

Noun

держа́ва • (deržáva) f inan (genitive держа́вы, nominative plural держа́вы, genitive plural держа́в, relational adjective держа́вный)

  1. state, power (a powerful country)
    Synonyms: страна́ (straná), госуда́рство (gosudárstvo), ца́рство (cárstvo), импе́рия (impérija)
    вели́кая держа́ваvelíkaja deržávaa great power
  2. globus cruciger, orb (a globe with a cross used as a symbol of royal power)

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic дьржава (dĭržava), from Proto-Slavic *dьržava.

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): [derˈʒaʋɐ]
  • (file)

Noun

держа́ва • (deržáva) f inan (genitive держа́ви, nominative plural держа́ви, genitive plural держа́в, relational adjective держа́вний)

  1. state, country, nation
Declension
Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛrʒɐʋɐ]
  • IPA(key): [derˈʒaʋɐ]

Noun

де́ржава or держа́ва • (déržava or deržáva) f inan (genitive де́ржави or держа́ви, nominative plural де́ржави or держа́ви, genitive plural де́ржав or держа́в)

  1. (archaic) estate, possession
  2. (dated) strength
  3. (dated) power
Declension

References

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