Message: "Zoja and Zoya" - Behind the Name

Zoja and Zoya

by RegalAmethyst

7/24/2009, 8:20 PM

On the page for Zoja it says that it's pronounced ZOI-ah in Polish. Could anyone tell me if that's correct, or how it would be pronounced in Czech? Alternately, could you tell me if the given pronunciation of the Russian name Zoya (ZO-yah) is correct or not?

Thank you!

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#Zoja #Zoya

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- ADT +1

7/25/2009, 2:37 PM

Zoja sounds like Zoya. The j in Polish is a y sound in English.

- RegalAmethyst

7/25/2009, 6:59 PM

Thank you!

- Kirke (guest) +2

7/25/2009, 11:48 AM

In Polish it's ZOH-yah. The I/J sound is in the 2nd syllable, not the first. The O is very short.

- Sofia +1

7/25/2009, 1:33 PM

It's the same in Croatian and Czech.

- RegalAmethyst

7/25/2009, 1:46 PM

Thank you both! :)

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