я
/[ja]/
Russiancharacternounpron
Definitions
- 1.The thirty-third letter of the Russian alphabet, called я (ja), and written in the Cyrillic script.
- 2.The name of the Cyrillic script letter Я.
- 3.I (first-person singular subject pronoun)
Я ру́сский.
Ja rússkij. — I am Russian.
Synonyms & related words
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic ꙗзъ (jazŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Doublet of эго (ego).
Forms
- jaromanization
- Яuppercase