Surzhyk

See also: surzhyk

English

Alternative forms

• surzhyk, Surzhik, surzhik, suržyk

Etymology

From Ukrainian су́ржик (súržyk) and regional Russian су́ржик (súržik, “bread made from a dough from different types of grains”).

Proper noun

Surzhyk

1. A pidgin language or interlanguage combining elements of Russian and Ukrainian, spoken mainly in Ukraine but also some neighbouring regions in Russia (Kursk, Voronezh and Belgorod) or Ukrainians living in Russia.
   • 2022 September 14, Valerie Hopkins, “War May Be Distant in Moscow, but in One Russian Border City, It’s Real”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     “I was waiting for them with so much happiness,” Larisa, 74, said in surzhik, a dialect that is a mixture of Ukrainian and Russian.

Translations

language

• Armenian: սուրժիկ (suržik)
• Belarusian: су́ржык m (súržyk)
• Bulgarian: суржик m (suržik)
• Czech: suržyk m
• Esperanto: surĵiko
• French: sourjyk (fr) m, surzhyk m
• German: Surschyk n, Surshyk n
• Hungarian: szurzsik
• Polish: surżyk m
• Russian: су́ржик (ru) m (súržik)
• Swedish: surzjyk ?
• Ukrainian: су́ржик m (súržyk)

See also

• Trasyanka
• Balachka