кухня
Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian ку́хня (attested since the 15th century), borrowed from Polish kuchnia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkuxnʲa]
Audio (file)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ку́хня kúxnja |
ку́хні kúxni |
genitive | ку́хні kúxni |
ку́хань kúxanʹ |
dative | ку́хні kúxni |
ку́хням kúxnjam |
accusative | ку́хню kúxnju |
ку́хні kúxni |
instrumental | ку́хняй, ку́хняю kúxnjaj, kúxnjaju |
ку́хнямі kúxnjami |
locative | ку́хні kúxni |
ку́хнях kúxnjax |
count form | — | ку́хні1 kúxni1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Bulgarian

Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkuxnʲə]
Russian
Etymology
Since the 18th century. Borrowed from Czech kuchyně (“kitchen”) via Polish kuchnia (“kitchen”), from Old High German chuhhina, kuchī̆na (“kitchen”), from Latin cocina (“kitchen”). Displaced native Russian пова́рня (povárnja, “kitchen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkuxnʲə]
Audio (file)
Noun
ку́хня • (kúxnja) f inan (genitive ку́хни, nominative plural ку́хни, genitive plural ку́хонь, related adjective ку́хонный, diminutive ку́хонька)
- kitchen
- suite of furniture for a kitchen
- cuisine
- (figuratively) behind-the-scenes dealings or operation
- полити́ческая ку́хня ― politíčeskaja kúxnja ― the nitty-gritty of politics
Declension
Derived terms
- куха́рка (kuxárka)
Related terms
- ко́мната (kómnata)
- наря́д на ку́хню (narjád na kúxnju)
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “кухня”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “кухня”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 459
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian ку́хня (attested since the 15th century), borrowed from Polish kuchnia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkuxnʲɐ]
Audio (file)
Noun
ку́хня • (kúxnja) f inan (genitive ку́хні, nominative plural ку́хні, genitive plural ку́хонь, related adjective кухо́нний)