אַסטראַכאַן

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Etymology[edit]

From Russian Астрахань (Astraxanʹ).

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Proper noun[edit]

אַסטראַכאַן (astrakhanf

  1. Astrakhan (a city and region of Russia)
    • 1948, Rajzel Żychlińsky, “אַסטראַכאַנער נעכט [astrakhaner nekht]”, in צו לויטערע ברעגן [tsu loytere bregn]‎[1], page 32:
      ...שלאָפֿן רויִק אײַן אין אַסטראַכאַן די קינדער.
      ...shlofn ruik ayn in astrakhan di kinder.
      ...the children fall asleep calmly in Astrakhan.