Belarusian

English

Alternative forms

Belorussian, Belarussian, Byelorussian, Bielorussian (obsolete and deprecated)
Belarusan (academic)

Etymology

From Belarus +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌbɛləˈɹuːsi.ən/, /ˌbɛləˈɹʌʃən/, /ˌbɛləˈɹuːʃən/
Rhymes: -ʌʃən, -uːʃən, -uːsiən

Adjective

Belarusian (not comparable)

Of, from, or pertaining to Belarus, the Belarusian people.

Derived terms

Belarusianness

Translations

pertaining to Belarus

Albanian: bjellorus
Arabic: بِيلَارُوسِيّ‎ (bilarūsiyy)
Armenian: բելառուսական (belaṙusakan), բելոռուսական (hy) (beloṙusakan)
Azerbaijani: belarus
Basque: bielorrusiar
Belarusian: белару́скі (bjelarúski)
Bengali: বেলারুশীয় (bn) (belaruśio)
Bulgarian: белару́ски (belarúski), белору́ски (belorúski)
Burmese: ဘီလာရုဇ် (bhilaruj)
Catalan: belarús (ca), bielorús (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 白俄羅斯的／白俄罗斯的 (zh) (Bái'éluósī de)
Czech: běloruský (cs)
Danish: hviderussisk
Dutch: Wit-Russisch (nl), Belarussisch (nl)
Estonian: valgevene
Faroese: hvítarussiskur
Finnish: valkovenäläinen (fi), valkovenäjänkielinen (fi)
French: biélorusse (fr)
Galician: bielorruso (gl)
Georgian: ბელარუსული (belarusuli), ბელორუსული (belorusuli)
German: weißrussisch (de), weißruthenisch; belarusisch (de), belarussisch (de), belorussisch (East Germany)
Greek: λευκορωσικός (el) (lefkorosikós)
Hebrew: בלארוסי‎ (belarusi)
Hindi: बेलारूसी (hi) (belārūsī)
Hungarian: fehérorosz (hu), fehéroroszországi, belarusz (hu)
Icelandic: hvítrússneskur (is)
Ido: Bielorusiala
Irish: Bealarúiseach
Italian: bielorusso (it)
Japanese: ベラルーシの (ja) (ベラルーシの, Berarūshi no)
Kashubian: biôłorusczi
Kazakh: беларус (belarus)
Khmer: បេឡារុស (km) (beelaaruh)
Korean: 벨로루시의 (ko) (bellorusiui), 백러시아의 (baengneosiaui)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Belarûsî
Kyrgyz: беларус (belarus)
Lao: ເບລາລຸດ (bē lā lut)
Latin: Rūthēnus Albus, Rūthēnicus albus, Alborūthēnus, Alborūthēnicus, Alborussicus
Latvian: baltkrievu, baltkrievisks
Lithuanian: baltarusis (lt), baltarusių (lt)
Macedonian: белоруски (beloruski)
Malay: Belarus
Maltese: Belarussu m, Belarussa f
Marathi: बेलारूसी (belārūsī), बेलारूसियन (belārūsiyan)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: беларусь (belarusʹ), белорус (belorus)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hviterussisk (no)

Nynorsk: kviterussisk (nn)
Pashto: سپين روس‎ (spin-rū́s)
Persian: بلروسی‎ (belarusi)
Polish: białoruski (pl) m
Portuguese: bielorrusso (pt), belarusso (pt)
Romanian: bielorus (ro), belarus
Russian: белору́сский (ru) (belorússkij)
Rusyn: білору́ськый (bilorúsʹkŷj)
Scottish Gaelic: Bealaruiseach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бе̏лорускӣ, бје̏лорускӣ

Roman: bȅloruskī, bjȅloruskī (sh)
Silesian: bjołoruski
Slovak: bieloruský
Slovene: belorúski (sl)
Spanish: bielorruso (es)
Swedish: vitrysk (sv), belarusisk (sv)
Tajik: белорусӣ (tg) (belorusī)
Tatar: беларус (belarus)
Thai: เบลารุส (th) (bee-laa-rús)
Turkish: Belarus (tr)
Turkmen: belarus
Ukrainian: білору́ський (uk) (bilorúsʹkyj)
Urdu: بیلاروسی‎ (belārūsī)
Uyghur: بېلورۇس‎ (bëlorus)
Uzbek: belorus (uz), belarus
Vietnamese: Bê-la-rút, Bạch Nga
Yiddish: ווײַסרוסיש‎ (vaysrusish)

Noun

Belarusian (countable and uncountable, plural Belarusians)

(uncountable) The Slavic language spoken in Belarus (formerly called White Ruthenia or White Russia).
(countable) A citizen of Belarus.

Synonyms

Belorussian (deprecated)
Belarussian (deprecated)
Byelorussian (deprecated)
Bielorussian (deprecated)
Belarusan (academic)
White Russian (literal translation of the Slavic)
White Ruthenian

Related terms

Belarus
White Russia
White Ruthenia

Translations

person from Belarus or of Belarusian descent

Albanian: bjellorus m
Arabic: بِيلَارُوسِيّ‎ m (bilarūsiyy), بِيلَارُوسِيَّة‎ f (bilarūsiyya)
Armenian: բելառուս (belaṙus), բելոռուս (beloṙus)
Azerbaijani: belarus, belorus
Basque: bielorrusiar
Belarusian: белару́с m (bjelarús), белару́ска f (bjelarúska), белару́сы pl (bjelarúsy)
Bulgarian: белару́с m (belarús), беларуски́ня f (belaruskínja), белору́с m (belorús), белоруски́ня f (beloruskínja)
Catalan: bielorús (ca) m, bielorussa (ca) f, belarús (ca) m, belarussa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 白俄羅斯人／白俄罗斯人 (bái'éluósīrén)
Czech: Bělorus (cs) m, Běloruska (cs) f
Danish: hviderusser (da) c
Dutch: Wit-Rus (nl) m, Wit-Russische (nl) f, Belarus (nl) m, Belarussische (nl) f
Estonian: valgevenelane m or f, valgevenelanna f, valgevenelased pl
Finnish: valkovenäläinen (fi)
French: Biélorusse (fr) m or f
Galician: bielorruso (gl) m
Georgian: ბელორუსი (belorusi), ბელარუსი (ka) (belarusi)
German: Weißrusse (de) m, Weißrussin (de) f; Belarusse (de) m, Belarussin (de) f
Greek: Λευκορώσος (el) m (Lefkorósos), Λευκορωσίδα (el) f (Lefkorosída)
Hungarian: fehérorosz (hu), fehéroroszországi, belorusz (hu), belarusz (hu)
Icelandic: Hvít-Rússi m, Hvít-Rússar m pl
Ido: Bielorusiano
Italian: bielorusso (it) m, bielorussa (it) f
Japanese: ベラルーシ人 (ベラルーシじん, berarūshijin)
Kazakh: белорус (belorus)
Korean: 벨라루스인 (bellaruseu'in), 벨라루스 사람 (bellaruseu saram)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Belarûsî
Kyrgyz: белорус (belorus)
Latvian: baltkrievs m, baltkrieviete f
Lithuanian: baltarùsis (lt) m, baltarusė (lt) f, gudas (lt) m, gudė (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Wäissruss m, Wäissrussin f (female)
Macedonian: Белорус m (Belorus), Белорусинка f (Belorusinka)
Maltese: Belarussu m, Belarussa f
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: беларусь хүн (belarusʹ xün), белорус хүн (belorus xün)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hviterusser (no) m, kviterusser (no) m

Nynorsk: kviterussar (nn) m
Persian: بلروسی‎ (belarusi)
Polish: Białorusin (pl) m pers, Białorusinka (pl) f
Portuguese: bielorrusso (pt) m, belarusso (pt) m
Romanian: bielorus (ro) m, bielorusă (ro) f, belarus m, belarusă f
Russian: белору́с (ru) m (belorús), белору́ска (ru) f (belorúska) (female)
Rusyn: білору́син m (bilorúsyn)
Scottish Gaelic: Bealaruiseach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Бе̏лорус m, Белорускиња f, Бје̏лорус m, Бјелорускиња f

Roman: Bȅlorus m, Beloruskinja f, Bjȅlorus (sh) m, Bjeloruskinja f
Slovak: Bielorus m, Bieloruska f
Slovene: Belorus m, Belorusinja f
Spanish: bielorruso (es) m, bielorrusa (es) f
Swedish: vitryss (sv) c (male), vitryska (sv) c (female), belarusier (sv) c (male), belarusiska (sv) c (female)
Tagalog: taga-Belarus
Tajik: белорус (belorus), белорусӣ (tg) (belorusī)
Tatar: белорус (tt) (belorus)
Turkish: Beyaz Rus (tr), Beyaz Rusyalı (tr), Belaruslu
Turkmen: belorus, belarus
Ukrainian: білору́с (uk) m (bilorús), білору́ска f (bilorúska)
Uyghur: بېلورۇس‎ (bëlorus)
Uzbek: belorus (uz), belarus
Yiddish: בעלאָרוס‎ (belorus), ווײַסרוס‎ (vaysrus)

language

Afrikaans: Wit-Russies (af), Belorussies
Albanian: gjuha bjelloruse f
Arabic: بِيلَارُوسِيّ‎ m (bilarūsiyy), بِيلَارُوسِيَّة‎ f (bilarūsiyya), لُغَة بِيلَارُوسِيَّة‎ f (luḡa bilarūsiyya)
Aragonese: belorruso m
Armenian: բելառուսերեն (belaṙuseren)
Asturian: bielorrusu (ast)
Azerbaijani: belarus dili, belarusca (az), belarus, belorus
Cyrillic: беларус дили, беларусҹа, беларус, белорус
Basque: bielorrusiera (eu)
Belarusian: белару́ская мо́ва (bjelarúskaja móva), белару́ская f (bjelarúskaja)
Breton: Belaruseg
Bulgarian: белору́ски m (belorúski) (ези́к)
Buryat: белорос хэлэн (bjeloros xelen)
Catalan: belarús (ca), bielorús (ca)
Cebuano: pinulongang Byeloruso
Chinese:
Mandarin: 白俄羅斯語／白俄罗斯语 (zh) (bái'éluósīyǔ), 白俄羅斯文／白俄罗斯文 (bái'éluósīwén)
Cornish: belarussek
Czech: běloruština (cs) f
Danish: hviderusser (da) c
Dutch: Wit-Russisch (nl) n, Belarussisch (nl) n
Erzya: белорузонь кель (beloruzoń keľ)
Esperanto: Belorusa lingvo
Estonian: valgevene keel, valgevene
Faroese: hvítarussiskt (fo) n
Finnish: valkovenäjä (fi)
Franco-Provençal: bièlorusso
French: biélorusse (fr) m
Galician: bielorruso (gl) m
Georgian: ბელორუსიული (belorusiuli)
German: Weißrussisch (de) n, Weißruthenisch (de) n; Belarussisch n, Belarusisch (de) n, Belorussisch n (East Germany)
Greek: λευκορωσικά (el) n pl (lefkorosiká)
Hebrew: ביילרוסית‎ (belarusít), בלארוסית‎ (byelorusít)
Hindi: बेलारूसी (hi) f (belārūsī)
Hungarian: fehérorosz (hu), belorusz (hu), belarusz (hu)
Icelandic: hvít-rússneska
Ido: Bielorusiana (io)
Indonesian: bahasa Belarus, bahasa Belarusia
Irish: Bealarúisis f
Italian: bielorusso (it) m
Japanese: ベラルーシ語 (ja) (ベラルーシご, berarūshigo)
Kashubian: biôłorusczi
Kazakh: беларус тілі (belarus tılı), беларусша (belarusşa), белорусша (belorusşa)
Korean: 벨라루스어 (ko) (bellaruseueo), 벨로루시아어 (bellorusia'eo), 백러시아어 (baengneosia'eo)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Belarûsî
Kyrgyz: белорус тили (belorus tili), беларус тили (belarus tili), белорусча (belorusça), беларусча (ky) (belarusça)
Latin: lingua Rūthēna Alba, lingua Rūthēnica Alba, lingua Alborussica, lingua Alborussa, lingua Alborūthēna, lingua Alborūthēnica f
Latvian: baltkrievu valoda f, baltkrievu
Ligurian: lengua bielorussa f
Limburgish: Witrössisch, Wietrössisj n
Lithuanian: baltarusių kalba (lt) f, baltarusių (lt), baltarusiškai, gudų (lt)
Low German: Wittruss'sch (nds) n
Macedonian: белоруски m (beloruski) (ја́зик)
Malay: bahasa Belarus, bahasa Belarusian
Maltese: Il-Belarussu m
Manx: Belarooshish
Marathi: बेलारूसी (belārūsī)
Moksha: акшарузонь (akšaruzoń)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: белорус хэл (belorus xel), беларусь хэл (belarusʹ xel)
Nepali: बेलारुसियाली (belārusiyālī)
Norwegian: hviterussisk (no)
Nynorsk: kviterussisk (nn)
Occitan: bielorús (oc)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: бѣлороусьскъ ѩꙁꙑкъ m (bělorusĭskŭ językŭ)
Persian: بلروسی‎ (belarusi), براروسی‎ (barârusi)
Piedmontese: lenga bielorussa f
Polish: (język) białoruski (pl) m
Portuguese: bielorrusso (pt) m, belarusso (pt) m
Romanian: limba bielorusă f, bielorusă (ro) f, belarusă f
Russian: белору́сский язы́к m (belorússkij jazýk), белору́сский (ru) m (belorússkij)
Samogitian: godu kalba
Scots: Belaroushie
Scottish Gaelic: Bealaruisis
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бе̏лорускӣ m (језик), бје̏лорускӣ m (језик)

Roman: bȅloruskī m (jezik), bjȅloruskī (sh) m (jezik)
Slovak: bieloruština (sk) f
Slovene: belorúščina (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower: běłoruska rěc f

Upper: běłorušćina (hsb) f
Spanish: bielorruso (es) m
Swahili: Kibelarus, Kibelorusia class 7
Swedish: vitryska (sv), belarusiska (sv)
Tajik: забони беларусӣ (zaboni belarusī), беларусӣ (tg) (belarusī)
Tamil: பைலோருஸ்சியன் (pailōrusciyaṉ)
Tatar: белорусь (belorus’)
Thai: ภาษา เบลารุส
Turkish: Beyaz Rusça (tr), Belarusça
Turkmen: belarus dili, belarusça
Ukrainian: білору́ська мо́ва f (bilorúsʹka móva), білору́ська (uk) f (bilorúsʹka)
Urdu: بیلاروس‎ (belarus)
Uzbek: belaruscha
Cyrillic: беларусча (belaruscha)
Vietnamese: tiếng Bê-la-rút
Walloon: Belorûsse, Bielorûsse
Welsh: Belarwsiyn
West Frisian: Wytrussysk
Xhosa: isiBelarusian
Yiddish: ווײַסרוסיש‎ n (vaysrusish), בעלאָרוסיש‎ (belorusish)
Zulu: isiBhelarashiyani

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Hindi: ^{(please verify)} बाय्लोरुसी (bāylorusī), ^{(please verify)} बेलारूसी (hi) (belārūsī)

Belarusian

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