Karjal

Livvi

Etymology

Akin to Finnish Karjala and Estonian Karjala. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑrjɑl/
  • Hyphenation: Kar‧jal

Proper noun

Karjal

  1. Karelia (a historical region of Northern Europe, located to the north of Saint Petersburg and politically split between Russia and Finland)
  2. Karelia (a republic and federal subject of Russia; official name: Karjalan Tazavaldu)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

References

  • N. Gilojeva, S. Rudakova (2009) Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect]‎[1] (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 12
  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 95