English Explanatory Dictionary

Balachka

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The dialects spoken by Cossacks living in Russia, heavily influenced by Ukrainian dialects but features akanye, like standard and central Russian.

Word forms

Balachka

Etymology

From regional Russian бала́чка (baláčka, “conversation, chat”), from the regional Russian verb бала́кать (balákatʹ, “to talk, to chat”) (compare Ukrainian Ukrainian бала́чка (baláčka), бала́кати (balákaty)).

Related words

Surzhyk Trasyanka
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