броня

Borrowed from Russian броня́ (bronjá), displaced native бръня (brǎnja), from Proto-Slavic *brъňa, from Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉 (brunjō), from Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ.

бро́ня • (brónja) f

1. armor (protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces)

• бръня (brǎnja) – dialectal

• брънка (brǎnka, “metal chip”)

• броня in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• брънѩ in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “броня”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 81

Inherited from Old East Slavic бръня (brŭnja), from Proto-Slavic *brъňa, from Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉 (brunjō, “breastplate”), from Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ (“breastplate”).

• IPA^(key): [brɐˈnʲa]

броня́ • (bronjá) f inan (genitive брони́, nominative plural брони́, genitive plural броне́й, related adjective бронево́й or бро́нный)

1. (military) armor, armour, armoring, shell

• бронево́й (bronevój), брониро́ванный (broniróvannyj), бронебо́йный (bronebójnyj)
• бронирова́ть impf or pf (bronirovátʹ)
• броневи́к m (bronevík), бронеавтомоби́ль m (broneavtomobílʹ), бронетранспротёр m (bronetransprotjór), бронежиле́т m (bronežilét)

Developed from the sense of “armor” during the Soviet period. Sense development was from “armor” → “securing” → “reservation”.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbronʲə]

бро́ня • (brónja) f inan (genitive бро́ни, nominative plural бро́ни, genitive plural бронь)

1. reservation, booking

   Synonyms: резерви́рование n (rezervírovanije), бронь f (bronʹ)

2. a secured essential worker job providing deferment from conscription

• брони́ровать impf (bronírovatʹ), заброни́ровать pf (zabronírovatʹ)

Inherited from Old East Slavic брънꙗ (brŭnja), from Proto-Slavic *brъňa, from Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉 (brunjō, “breastplate”), from Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ (“breastplate”).

• IPA^(key): [brɔˈnʲa]

броня́ • (bronjá) f inan (genitive броні́, uncountable)

1. (military) armor, armour, armoring
2. (military) armored vehicle, armored car (collective or in the singular)
3. shell (of animals)
4. (dated, poetic) arms, weapons

• бронюва́ти impf (bronjuváty), забронюва́ти pf (zabronjuváty)
• броньови́к m (bronʹovýk), бронеавтомобі́ль m (broneavtomobílʹ), бронетранспроте́р m (bronetransprotér), бронежиле́т m (bronežylét)
• бронепо́тяг m (bronepótjah), бронепо́їзд m (bronepójizd), бронека́тер m (bronekáter), бронемашин́а f (bronemašyńa)
• бронено́сець m (bronenósecʹ)
• бронета́нковий (bronetánkovyj)

Same as etymology 1, the meanings derive from Russian бро́ня (brónja, “reservation”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrɔnʲɐ]

бро́ня • (brónja) f inan (genitive бро́ні, nominative plural бро́ні, genitive plural бронь)

1. reservation, booking
2. deferment (from conscription)

• бронюва́ти impf (bronjuváty), забронюва́ти pf (zabronjuváty)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “броня”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “броня”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “броня”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “броня”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)