English Explanatory Dictionary

samvydav

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Samizdat.

Word forms

samvydav samvydavs

Etymology

1971, from Ukrainian самви́дав (samvýdav, “samizdat”) < сам (sam, “self”) + ви́дання (výdannja, “publication”). Compare samizdat < Russian самизда́т (samizdát).

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