Russian doll

English

Russian doll (plural Russian dolls)

One of a set of hollow nesting dolls, usually wooden and decorated.
(figuratively) An issue or situation which repeatedly reveals more levels of complexity.

(wooden doll): matryoshka, matreshka, matrëshka, matrioshka, matrioshka doll, matryoshka doll, babushka
(both senses): nesting doll

wooden doll

Albanian: matrioshka f, kukulla ruse f
Arabic: مَاتْرْيُوشْكَا‎‎ f (mātryūškā), دُمْيَةُ رُوسِيَّة‎‎ f (dumyatu rūsiyya)
Armenian: մատրյոշկա (matryoška)
Azerbaijani: matryoşka
Basque: matrioxka, errusiar panpina
Belarusian: матро́шка f (matróška)
Bulgarian: матрьошка f (matrjoška)
Catalan: matrioixca (ca) f, nina russa (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 俄羅斯公仔, 俄罗斯公仔 (ngo⁴ lo⁴ si¹ gung¹ zai²)

Mandarin: 俄羅斯套娃, 俄罗斯套娃 (Éluósī tàowá)
Czech: matrjoška (cs) f
Danish: matrjosjka c, babusjka c, russisk dukke c
Dutch: Russische pop f, m, matroesjka f, baboesjka f
Esperanto: matrjoŝko, matrjoŝka pupo
Estonian: matrjoška
Finnish: maatuska (fi), matrjoshka
French: poupée russe (fr) f, matriochka (fr) f, poupée gigogne f
Georgian: მატრიოშკა (maṭriošḳa), მატრიოშკები (maṭriošḳebi)
German: Matrjoschka f, Matroschka (de) f, Babuschka-Puppe f, Matrioschka f
Greek: ματριόσκα f (matrióska), μπάμπουσκα f (bámpouska), μπαμπούσκα f (bampoúska)
Hebrew: מַטְרִיוֹשְׁקָה‎‎ f (matriyóshka)
Hungarian: matrjoska
Ido: enboxa pupeo
Italian: matrioska, matriosca
Japanese: マトリョーシカ (matoryōshika), マトリョーシカ人形 (マトリョーシカにんぎょう, matoryōshika ningyō)

Korean: 마트료시카 (ko) (mateuryosika)
Kurdish: matruşka (ku), matryoşka (ku)
Latvian: matrjoška f
Macedonian: матрјо́шка f (matrjóška), бабушка f (babuška)
Malay: matryoshka
Malayalam: മത്ര്യോഷ്ക പാവ (matryōṣka pāva)
Norwegian: matrjosjka f, matruska f, matrusjka f
Occitan: matrïoshca f
Persian: ماتروشکا‎‎ (mâtruškâ)
Polish: matrioszka (pl) f
Portuguese: boneca russa f, matrioshka f, matriosca (pt) f, matryoshka (pt) f
Romanian: matrioșka f, matrioșca f
Russian: матрёшка (ru) f (matrjóška)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: матрјошка f, ба̀бушка f

Roman: matrjoška f, bàbuška (sh) f
Silesian: matrjoszka f
Slovak: matrioška f
Slovene: matrioška f, babuška f
Spanish: muñeca rusa f, matrioska f
Swedish: rysk docka c, matrjosjka c, babusjka c
Thai: ตุ๊กตาแม่ลูกดก (dtúk-gà-dtaa-mɛ̂ɛ-lûuk-dòk), มาโตรชก้า (maa-dtròoch-gâa)
Turkish: matruşka (tr)
Ukrainian: матрьо́шка f (matrʹóška), мотрі́́йка f (motrí́jka)
Uzbek: matryoshka
Vietnamese: múp bê làm tổ, búp bê nga, búp bê lồng nhau

issue revealing complexity

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