мамбет

See also: Мамбет

Russian

Etymology

From Kazakh мәмбет (mämbet), ultimately Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

Sense 5 was most likely brought to Yakutia from soldiers returning from the Soviet Army.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɐm⁽ʲ⁾ˈbʲet]

Noun

мамбе́т • (mambétm anim (genitive мамбе́та, nominative plural мамбе́ты, genitive plural мамбе́тов)

(slang, offensive, ethnic slur, Kazakhstan)

  1. a rural Kazakh person, perceived to be uneducated.
  2. a Kazakh nationalist, especially one who dislikes Russian-speakers or Russia.
  3. a Kazakh who loves their own language and culture.
  4. (Kazakhstan, by extension) a yokel or a bumpkin, regardless of ethnic origin
    Synonym: (in Russia) бы́дло (býdlo)
  5. (Siberia, by extension) a rural Yakut migrant from the countryside who behaves in an aggressive manner
  6. (Siberia, by extension) a young applicant from the Yakut countryside who enrolls in a university

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