кружка

кружка

Uncertain. Maybe through a Germanic language from Ancient Greek κρωσσός (krōssós). See also Swedish krus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkruʂkə]

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кру́жка • (krúžka) f inan (genitive кру́жки, nominative plural кру́жки, genitive plural кру́жек)

1. mug, tankard, noggin
2. poor box, charity box

• → Armenian: կրուշկա (kruška)
• → Georgian: კრუშკა (ḳrušḳa)
• Kurdish:

  → Central Kurdish: قِرووشکە‎ (qirûşke)

  → Southern Kurdish: قوریشقە‎ (qurîşqe)

• → Mingrelian: კრუშკა (ḳrušḳa), კურუშკა (ḳurušḳa)
• → Northern Yukaghir: куруускэ (kuruuske)
• → Yakut: курууска (kuruuska)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “кружка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

• IPA^(key): [krʊʂˈka]

кружка́ • (kružká) m inan

1. genitive singular of кружо́к (kružók)