7 Surprising English Words with Russian Origin

There has been a massive increase in the number people knowing and learning Russian language because of its global expectance. Moreover, there is also an upturn in the number of companies opting for Russian translation services. To make it a bit more interesting, we have found a few English words that are of Russian origin that are mentioned below.

Vodka: водка

It is a Russian diminutive of Voda “water,” an alcoholic liquid distilled from stir up wheat mash, on the other hand nowadays it is also made from a puree of rye, corn, or potatoes.

Chlysty: хлысты

Chlysty also known as Khlysts is an invented Russian word христоверы, transcription Khristovery, “Christ-believers.” But after some time, critics ruined the name, mingling it with the word хлыст khlyst, which means “whip.” It was a Christian group in Russia that torn apart from the Russian Conventional Church in the 17th century and then abandoned the priesthood, holy books, as well as worship of the saints. They were eminent for their exercise of asceticism that included euphoric rituals.

Buran:  буран

As per the Russian language, the meaning of this word is “snowstorm” or “blizzard.” It is also a name of a fierce windstorm of the European prairie lands, convoyed in summer by dust plus in winter by snow. Secondly, it was the name of a Soviet Union space shuttle program that was developed by the Buran space shuttle. Moreover, the name of the Soviet space shuttle made during the Buran program as well as used from 1988 to 1993 that had only one flight.

Liman: лиман

It was basically derived from Greek word λιμένασ “bay” or “port.” It is a kind of lake or lagoon made at the opening of a river, blocked by a bar of deposits, mainly referring to such characteristics along the Danube River and the Black Sea.

Molokan: молока́не

It is derived from the Russian term Moloko “milk.” A Christian camp which got separated from the Russian Traditional Church in the mid-16th century as well as prohibited many common Christian beliefs counting the worship of religious icons, the Trinity, the veneration in cathedrals, along with the devotion to saintly holidays.

Luna: Лунник

Luna was also known as Lunik derived from Russian word Luna, which means Moon. Well, a series of robotic spaceship missions directed to the Moon by the Soviet Union between the years 1959 and 1976.

Salyut: салют

Salyut means “salute.” It is also a Soviet Union space station program, which launched a succession of space stations from 1971 to 1982.

One can also take the help of Russian translation services to translate all the English documents into the Russian language accurately.

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