בעלאַרוס

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ).

Proper noun

בעלאַרוס • (belarus) n

  1. (modern usage) Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)
    Synonyms: ווײַסרוסלאַנד (vaysrusland), בעלאָרוסיע (belorusye), (poetic) רײַסן (raysn)

References

  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “בעלאַרוס”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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