странник

Russian

Etymology

страна́ (straná) + -ник (-nik). Compare Old Church Slavonic страньникъ (stranĭnikŭ), and Old East Slavic стороньникъ (storonĭnikŭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈstranʲːɪk]

Noun

стра́нник • (stránnik) m anim (genitive стра́нника, nominative plural стра́нники, genitive plural стра́нников, feminine стра́нница)

  1. wanderer, traveller; vagrant, vagabond, rover, roamer, pilgrim

Declension

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “страна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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