azbuka

From Slavic languages, especially using the Cyrillic script, compare Russian а́збука (ázbuka) (also Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian), from the first Old Church Slavonic letter names аз (az) and буки (búki) (compare Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos) = ἄλφα (álpha) + βῆτα (bêta) or Persian الف (alef) + باء (bâ')), from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, *buky.

azbuka

1. The Cyrillic alphabet.

Borrowed from Russian а́збука (ázbuka).

• IPA^(key): [ˈazbuka]
• Rhymes: -uka
• Hyphenation: az‧bu‧ka

azbuka f

1. the Cyrillic alphabet

• “azbuka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “azbuka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “azbuka”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “azbuka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From initial names of the first letters of Cyrillic alphabet, az (а) and buki (б).

• IPA^(key): /ǎzbuka/
• Hyphenation: az‧bu‧ka

àzbuka f (Cyrillic spelling а̀збука)

1. (uncountable) alphabet (based on the Cyrillic script)

• “azbuka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Borrowed from Russian а́збука (ázbuka).

• IPA^(key): [ˈazbuka]

azbuka f

1. the Cyrillic alphabet

• “azbuka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025