калинка

From кали́на (kalína, “guelder rose”) +‎ -ка (-ka), probably due to similarity between the typically red elytra of the beetle (although not all ladybugs are red) and the berries of the shrub.

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈliŋkɐ]

• Audio

  (file)

кали́нка • (kalínka) f

1. ladybird (UK), ladybug (US) (beetle of family Coccinellidae)

   Synonyms: (poetic) божа́ буба́лка (božá bubálka), (dialectal) бубама́ра (bubamára), (dialectal) кукума́ра (kukumára)

Poetically, the insect is often called кали́нка-мали́нка (kalínka-malínka), dialectally ка́ля-ма́ля (kálja-málja), which literally translates as guelder rose berry-raspberry.

• “калинка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “калинка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

From калина (kalina) +‎ -ка (-ka), from Proto-Slavic *kalina.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaliŋka]

калинка • (kalinka) f (plural калинки)

1. pomegranate

кали́на (kalína) +‎ -ка (-ka)

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈlʲinkə]

кали́нка • (kalínka) f inan (genitive кали́нки, nominative plural кали́нки, genitive plural кали́нок)

1. Diminutive of кали́на (kalína)