Cyrillization of Greek

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Cyrillization of Greek refers to the transcription or transliteration of text from the Greek alphabet to the Cyrillic script.

The Early Cyrillic alphabet included the entire Greek alphabet: а в г д є ꙁ и ѳ ї к л м н ѯ о п р с т ѵ ф х ѱ ѡ. However, modern Cyrillic alphabets omit some Greek letters, so Greek names and loanwords are no longer spelled originally in modern Cyrillic orthographies.

Greek-Russian orthographic transcription

The following system has been used to transcribe Modern Greek proper names and terms in Russian texts.[1][2]

Greek Note Cyrillic Example
α а Ελλάδα → Эллада
αι э (word-initially), е (all other cases) αιώνας → эонас, χαιρετάω → херетао
αϊ ай Ταϊβάν → Тайван
αυ /af/ before a voiceless consonant; /av/ otherwise ав αυτό → авто, σαύρα → савра
β в βήτα → вита
γ г Γερμανία → Германия, γούπα → гупа
γι, γει, γυ before vowels й Γιατρός → Ятрос [Йатрос]
γγ нг Άγγελος → Ангелос
γκ г (word-initially), нг Γκάνα → Гана, αγκάθι → ангатьи, Μπανγκόκ → Бангкок
γχ нх
δ д Δανία → Дания
ε э (word-initially), е (all other cases) επευφημώ → эпевфимо
ει и
εϊ эй
ευ /ef/ before a voiceless consonant; /ev/ otherwise эв
ζ з Ζαγορά → Загора
η и
θ т (also ф) Θεόδωρος → Теодорос (also Феодорос)
ι и, й (before a vowel)
κ к
λ л
μ м
μπ б (word-initially), мп (within a word)
ν н
ντ д (word-initially), нт (within a word)
ξ кс
ο о
οι и
οϊ ой
ου у
π п
ρ р
σ /z/ before voiced consonants с
τ т
υ и
φ ф
χ х
ψ пс
ω о

See also

References

  1. ↑ Salnova, A. V. (2005). Греческо-русский и русско-греческий словарь [Greek–Russian and Russian–Greek Dictionary]. Moscow: Русский язык Медиа. ISBN 5-9576-0124-1.
  2. ↑ Borisova, A. B. (2004). Греческий без репетитора [Greek Without a Tutor]. Moscow: Корона. pp. 8–10. ISBN 5-89-815-482-5.