охранка

Russian

Etymology

From охра́на (oxrána, guard) + -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈxrankə]

Noun

охра́нка • (oxránka) f inan (genitive охра́нки, nominative plural охра́нки, genitive plural охра́нок)

  1. (colloquial, historical) okhrana ("Department for Protecting the Public Security and Order", the secret police force of the Russian Empire operational from 1866 to 1917)
    Synonyms: Отделе́ние по охране́нию обще́ственной безопа́сности и поря́дка (Otdelénije po oxranéniju obščéstvennoj bezopásnosti i porjádka), Охра́нное отделе́ние (Oxránnoje otdelénije)

Declension

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.