ханжа
Russian
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish حاجی (hacı, “Kaaba pilgrim”).
Compare typologically свято́ша (svjatóša) (< свято́й (svjatój)), English bigot (akin to god).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [xɐnˈʐa]
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Noun
ханжа́ • (xanžá) m anim or f anim (genitive ханжи́, nominative plural ханжи́, genitive plural ханже́й)
Declension
Declension of ханжа́ (anim fem-form sibilant-stem accent-b)
Pre-reform declension of ханжа́ (anim fem-form sibilant-stem accent-b)
Derived terms
- ха́нжеский (xánžeskij), ха́нжество n (xánžestvo)
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “ханжа”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- ханжа in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [xɐnˈʐa]
Noun
ханжа́ • (xanžá) f inan (genitive ханжи́, uncountable)