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HelpRe: Has anyone heard of the name Djenka??
in reply to a message by jennifer
Dzh as an initial letter is a rare thing in Russian given names, though, so it would require a name to be translated into Russian and then translated back, which seems a little counter-intuitive.
Of course there are many ways to transliterate to and from Russian, but I think other E. European languages makes more sense.
I've never heard of adding -ka to Russianify nicknames, though. And since -ka nns are often pretty familiar, I would have thought that it could be a little overly-faux-chummy, a bit like using Kat'ka rather than Katya.
Of course there are many ways to transliterate to and from Russian, but I think other E. European languages makes more sense.
I've never heard of adding -ka to Russianify nicknames, though. And since -ka nns are often pretty familiar, I would have thought that it could be a little overly-faux-chummy, a bit like using Kat'ka rather than Katya.
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I think I've only seen Dzh start foreign names in Russian- Jennifer, John, Jim, etc. to approximate our j sound.
I did take a couple of semesters of Czech in college, too, but I don't speak any other Slavic languages.
That's what I thought of when I saw the name. I'm not saying I'm right, just throwing in another hypothesis about where it's from.
I did take a couple of semesters of Czech in college, too, but I don't speak any other Slavic languages.
That's what I thought of when I saw the name. I'm not saying I'm right, just throwing in another hypothesis about where it's from.
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Haha, no, I hope it didn't seem like I was attacking you!
I was just pondering as well...
I was just pondering as well...
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