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мамбет

/[mɐm⁽ʲ⁾ˈbʲet]/
Russiannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    offensiveslanga rural Kazakh person, perceived to be uneducated.
  2. 2.
    offensiveslanga Kazakh nationalist, especially one who dislikes Russian-speakers or Russia.
  3. 3.
    offensiveslanga Kazakh who loves their own language and culture.
  4. 4.
    offensiveslanga yokel or a bumpkin, regardless of ethnic origin
  5. 5.
    offensiveslanga rural Yakut migrant from the countryside who behaves in an aggressive manner
  6. 6.
    offensiveslanga young applicant from the Yakut countryside who enrolls in a university

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms
  • бы́дло

Etymology

From Kazakh мәмбет (mämbet), a popular name among Kazakh men; ultimately Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad). Sense 5 was most likely brought to Yakutia from soldiers returning from the Soviet Army.

Forms

  • мамбе́тanimate • canonical • masculine
  • mambétromanization
  • мамбе́таgenitive
  • Kazakhstanethnic • slur
Nominative
Singular
мамбе́т
Plural
мамбе́ты
Genitive
Singular
мамбе́та
Plural
мамбе́тов
Dative
Singular
мамбе́ту
Plural
мамбе́там
Accusative
Singular
мамбе́та
Plural
мамбе́тов
Instrumental
Singular
мамбе́том
Plural
мамбе́тами
Prepositional
Singular
мамбе́те
Plural
мамбе́тах

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