Dagestan

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Russian Дагеста́н (Dagestán), from Ottoman Turkish داغستان (Dağıstan, region on the Caspian side of the Caucasus), from داغ (dağ, mountain) and ستان (sitan, -stan, place where something abounds).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌdæɡɪˈstɑːn/, /ˌdæɡɪˈstæn/

Proper noun

Dagestan

  1. A Russian republic in the Caucasus region.

Derived terms

Translations

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Finnish

Etymology

From Russian Дагеста́н (Dagestán).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑɡestɑn/, [ˈdɑɡe̞s̠t̪ɑn]
  • Rhymes: -ɑɡestɑn
  • Syllabification(key): Da‧ges‧tan

Proper noun

Dagestan

  1. Dagestan (Russian republic)

Declension

Inflection of Dagestan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Dagestan
genitive Dagestanin
partitive Dagestania
illative Dagestaniin
singular plural
nominative Dagestan
accusative nom. Dagestan
gen. Dagestanin
genitive Dagestanin
partitive Dagestania
inessive Dagestanissa
elative Dagestanista
illative Dagestaniin
adessive Dagestanilla
ablative Dagestanilta
allative Dagestanille
essive Dagestanina
translative Dagestaniksi
instructive
abessive Dagestanitta
comitative
Possessive forms of Dagestan (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person Dagestanini Dagestanimme
2nd person Dagestanisi Dagestaninne
3rd person Dagestaninsa

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Dagestan n (proper noun, genitive Dagestans or (optionally with an article) Dagestan)

  1. Dagestan (a republic of Russia)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Дагеста́н (Dagestán).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daˈɡɛs.tan/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛstan
  • Syllabification: Da‧ges‧tan

Proper noun

Dagestan m inan

  1. Dagestan (a republic of Russia; capital: Makhachkala)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • dagestański
nouns
  • Dagestanka
  • Dagestańczyk

Further reading

  • Dagestan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Dagestan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dâɡestaːn/
  • Hyphenation: Da‧ge‧stan

Proper noun

Dȁgestān m (Cyrillic spelling Да̏геста̄н)

  1. Dagestan (a republic of Russia)

Declension

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