граждан

Bashkir

Etymology

From Russian граждани́н (graždanín, citizen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡräʐ.dän]
  • Hyphenation: граж‧дан

Noun

граждан • (grajdan)

  1. citizen
    Сит ил граждандары.
    Sit il grajdandarı.
    Foreign citizens.

Declension

Declension of граждан
singular plural
absolute граждан (grajdan) граждандар (grajdandar)
definite genitive граждандың (grajdandıñ) граждандарҙың (grajdandarźıñ)
dative гражданға (grajdanğa) граждандарға (grajdandarğa)
definite accusative гражданды (grajdandı) граждандарҙы (grajdandarźı)
locative гражданда (grajdanda) граждандарҙа (grajdandarźa)
ablative граждандан (grajdandan) граждандарҙан (grajdandarźan)

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Possibly a back-formation from гражданка (hraždanka), гражданство (hraždanstvo) or the nominative plural form гражданє (hraždanje), which would explain the deviation from expected *гражданин (*hraždanin). Alternatively, a learned borrowing from Old Church Slavonic гражданъ (graždanŭ), possibly via Carpathian Rusyn граждан (hraždan), гражданин (hraždanyn). Compare Bulgarian гра́жданин (gráždanin), Russian граждани́н (graždanín) and Serbo-Croatian грађанин / građanin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦraʒdan]
  • Rhymes: -aʒdan
  • Hyphenation: граж‧дан

Noun

граждан (hraždanm pers (feminine equivalent гражданка, related adjective граждански)

  1. citizen
    Near-synonym: варощань (varoščanʹ)

Usage notes

  • Nominally, a distinction is made between citizen (inhabitant of a city or town; burgher) and citizen (inhabitant of a state or country), with the latter being represented in Pannonian Rusyn as державян (deržavjan), also with the sense of "countryman". In practice, граждан (hraždan) is commonly used for both senses, making phrases such as гражданє Сербиї (hraždanje Serbiji, citizens of Serbia) not only possible, but substantially more common than, say, державянє (Републики) Сербиї (deržavjanje (Republiki) Serbiji). The latter appears to be used more often in legal writings or rules and regulations of competitions, and as such the use of державян (deržavjan) may be perceived as more formal, if not bookish.

Declension

Declension of граждан
singular plural
nominative граждан (hraždan) гражданє (hraždanje)
genitive граждана (hraždana) гражданох (hraždanox)
dative гражданови (hraždanovi) гражданом (hraždanom)
accusative граждана (hraždana) гражданох (hraždanox)
instrumental гражданом (hraždanom) гражданами (hraždanami)
locative гражданови (hraždanovi) гражданох (hraždanox)
vocative граждан (hraždan) гражданє (hraždanje)
nouns

References

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡraʐdən]

Noun

гра́ждан • (gráždanm anim pl

  1. genitive/accusative plural of граждани́н (graždanín)