армия

• IPA^(key): [ˈarmʲɪjə]

а́рмия • (ármija) f (related adjective арме́йски)

1. army (large, highly organised military force concerned mainly with ground operations)
2. army, armed forces (the complete military organization of a nation for land warfare)

   Synonym: въоръжени сили (vǎorǎženi sili)

3. army (a large group of people or animals working toward the same purpose)
4. multitude, army, host, crowd, mass

   Synonyms: множество (množestvo), тълпа (tǎlpa), маса (masa)

• арме́йски (arméjski)

Borrowed from Russian а́рмия (ármija), from French armée (“army; armed forces”) or via German Armee (“army”).

армия • (armiä)

1. army, armed forces (the complete military organization of a nation, including land, sea and air forces)
2. army (specifically the land-based forces of a nation's military)
3. army, field army (a large military formation subdivided into several corps, divisions, or brigades)

• әскер (äsker)

• а́рмія (ármija) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)

From earlier армѣя (arměja)/армея (armeja), directly from French armée (“army; armed forces”) or via German Armee (“army”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈarmʲɪjə]

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а́рмия • (ármija) f inan (genitive а́рмии, nominative plural а́рмии, genitive plural а́рмий, related adjective арме́йский)

1. army, armed forces (the complete military organization of a nation, including land, sea and air forces)
2. army (specifically the land-based forces of a nation's military)
3. army, field army (a large military formation subdivided into several corps, divisions, or brigades)

• арма́да (armáda)

• → Bezhta: армийа (armija)
• → Georgian: არმია (armia)
• → Ingrian: armia
• → Uzbek: armiya
• → Romanian: armie
• → Yakut: аармыйа (aarmıya)

• структура вооружённых сил

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “армия”, 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), “армия”, 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 52