azbuka

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Noun === azbuka The Cyrillic alphabet. == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian а́збука (ázbuka). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈazbuka] Rhymes: -uka Hyphenation: az‧bu‧ka === Noun === azbuka f the Cyrillic alphabet ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “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, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz “azbuka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === From initial names of the first letters of Cyrillic alphabet, az (а) and buki (б). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ǎzbuka/ Hyphenation: az‧bu‧ka === Noun === àzbuka f (Cyrillic spelling а̀збука) (uncountable) alphabet (based on the Cyrillic script) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “azbuka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Slovak == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian а́збука (ázbuka). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈazbuka] === Noun === azbuka f the Cyrillic alphabet ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “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, 2003–2026