майка

• majka — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

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• IPA^(key): [ˈmajka]

ма́йка • (májka) f inan (genitive ма́йкі, nominative plural ма́йкі, genitive plural ма́ек)

1. undershirt, tank top

   Synonym: сако́лка (sakólka)

• футбо́лка (futbólka)
• тэ́ніска (téniska)

• “майка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “майка”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

From Proto-Slavic *mati, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmajkɐ]

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• Hyphenation^(key): май‧ка

ма́йка • (májka) f (diminutive ма́йчица)

1. mother
2. dam (female parent)
3. root, cause
4. (finance) principal

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

• кайма (kajma)

• Per Shansky borrowed from French maillot or from Italian maglia, ultimately from Latin macula.
• Per Trubachyov from май (maj) +‎ -ка (-ka).
• ма́йя (májja) +‎ -ка (-ka)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmajkə]

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ма́йка • (májka) f inan (genitive ма́йки, nominative plural ма́йки, genitive plural ма́ек, relational adjective ма́ечный, diminutive ма́ечка)

1. undershirt, tank top, vest, singlet, wife-beater
2. T-shirt
3. jersey

Phrases

• жёлтая ма́йка f (žóltaja májka), ма́йка ли́дера f (májka lídera)
  • жёлтая ма́йка ли́дера f (žóltaja májka lídera)

• → Azerbaijani: mayka, (dialectal) fayqa
• → Armenian: մայկա (mayka)
• → Georgian: მაიკა (maiḳa) (non-standard), მაისური (maisuri) (calque, standard)
• → Lithuanian: maikė
• → Yakut: маайка (maayka)

• безрука́вка f (bezrukávka)
• жиле́т m (žilét), жиле́тка f (žilétka)
• футбо́лка f (futbólka)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “майка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2007), “майка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 10 (М), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN, page 24
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “майка”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
• Krylov, G. A. (2004) “майка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
• Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “майка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 223