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- noun The
Cyrillic alphabet
Etymologies
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From Slavic languages, especially using the Cyrillic script, cf. Russian азбука (ázbuka) (also Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian), from the first Old Church Slavonic letter names аз (az) and буки (búki) (cf. Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphabētos) = álpha + βῆτα (bēta) or Persian الف (alef) + الف (bâ)).
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Examples
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Dynamic constructivist typography utilized the expressive quality of the stocky, 'architectural' azbuka, the Russian alphabet.
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Cyrillic order (called азбука, azbuka): А Б В Г Д Ђ Е Ж З И Ј К Л Љ М Н Њ О П Р С Т
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Cyrillic order (called азбука, azbuka): А Б В Г Д Ђ Е Ж З И Ј К Л Љ М Н Њ О П Р С Т
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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