чемодан

Russian

Etymology

Via a Turkic medium, from Persian جامه‌دان (jâme-dân, suitcase).

Note that this Russian term has later become the source of re-borrowing into modern Persian چمدان (čamedân) and many Turkic languages.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪmɐˈdan]
  • (file)

Noun

чемода́н (čemodán) m inan (genitive чемода́на, nominative plural чемода́ны, genitive plural чемода́нов)

  1. suitcase, trunk
  2. a heavy projectile (slang of the first half of the 20th century, especially WWI; often in quotes)

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