Questions tagged [ономастика]
Онома́стика — наука, изучающая имена собственные всех типов и их происхождение.
7
questions
9
votes
5
answers
5k
views
Sergei Rachmaninov or Rachmaninoff [closed]
I am writing a novel in English. My transliteration novel uses -ov for surnames (Danilov, Kirilov). For consistency sake I would like to spell out Sergei Rachmaninov as such, though he is more ...
- 91
6
votes
2
answers
611
views
What's Kolmogorov's russian name?
I know that the title is a little weird, sorry about that. The thing is that one day I asked my russian instructor, who's russian, how to pronounce Kolmogorov in russian (because it has too many o's) ...
- 465
15
votes
2
answers
61k
views
"Илья" во множественном числе и в родительном падеже
Какая у слова "Илья" правильная форма множественного числа родительного падежа?
Множественное число от имен собственных вообще редко встречается, но все же возможно, например, в предложении "У меня ...
- 6,468
4
votes
2
answers
463
views
What is the meaning of the "Tal" in the Russian/Muldovan last name "Talsky"?
As far as I can tell, "Tal" isn't a Russian word that has any specific meaning. Is there some kind of translation or history of the sound Tal that would shed light on the meaning of this family name?
- 151
4
votes
4
answers
392
views
Is Яна a variant of Жанна
Well, everybody knows that there exist pairings between names. For example, Александра - Александр, Виктория - Виктор etc. However, sometimes these pairs can be confusing.
It is generally accepted ...
- 2,041
3
votes
1
answer
322
views
Is Ogulsabyr a male or female name? [closed]
I received an email from someone called Ogulsabyr, and I’m not sure whether to use Mr. or Ms. in my reply. That is, I was wondering whether Ogulsabyr is a male or female name. I’ve tried search ...
- 141
16
votes
2
answers
641
views
Etymology/Origin of "Грузия"
In many languages, the name of the country Georgia is derived from the name of St.George. In Georgian, Georgia is called საქართველო(Sakartvelo), so obviously Грузия has nothing to do with it either. ...
- 5,387
Hot Network Questions
- Would it be plausible for a laser weapon to pass through glass and retain its destructive power?
- Phantom type makes pattern matching irrefutable, but that seemingly does not work inside do notation
- Disabling everything except letters in browser- and on OS-level
- Other than the rest areas for the crew - what else is in the 'attic' of an aeroplane?
- Recurrence relation for matrices
- Why would murids (such as rats and mice) be sacred animals?
- How to create non spatial index for geopackage data
- Is there such thing as "administrator root"?
- Can a US state opt to become a territory without leaving the nation as a whole?
- How to write completeness of wavefunctions without bra ket notation?
- Does work differ between inertial frames?
- Reverse string with identical spaces as in original String using Java
- Does Material Design 3 recommend an incorrect icon style?
- Manga the mc is transmigrated into villainess body and is dying of some fancy disease
- Fixed-point free diffeomorphisms of surfaces fixing no homology classes
- Can I stab through two enemies using a spear?
- Does judicial estoppel apply to adhesive contract interpretation?
- What happens if I don’t have a prerequisite class for a grad school admissions but am in the process of taking them?
- Who was the subject of the fallen statue in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness?
- Is Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell a good book for a layperson who isn't interested in pursuing economics?
- Replacing strange characters in a sed command
- Tradeoffs of larger/smaller bicycle sizes
- Does "of" in this context mean "from"?
- Doing a little trolling with the microwave timer