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The term is derived from "ded" (Russian: дед, lit. 'grandfather'), which is the Russian Army slang equivalent of gramps, meaning soldiers after their third (or fourth, which is also known as dembel (Russian: дембель or "DMB" Russian: ДМБ)) half-year of compulsory service, stemming from a vulgarization of the word "demobilization" (Russian: демобилизация, romanized ...
Dedovshchina (Russian: дедовщи́на) (from Russian ded, "grandfather", Russian army slang equivalent of "gramps", meaning soldiers in their third or fourth half-year of conscription, + suffix -shchina – order, rule, or regime; hence "rule of the grandfathers") A system of hazing in the Soviet and Russian armies.
Since the introduction and familiarization of Russian culture during the socialist era, Mongolia has been celebrating the New Year's festivities as a formal holiday. Өвлийн өвгөн, Övliin Övgön (Grandfather Winter) is the Mongolian equivalent of Ded Moroz, who brings children and adult alike gifts on New Year's Eve. [45]
Russian President Vladimir Putin in June 2023. Grandpa in his bunker [1] [2] [3] (Russian: Бункерный дед, romanized: Bunkernyy ded; Ukrainian: Бункерний дід, romanized: Bunkernyi did), also translated as grandpa in a bunker, [4] [5] or bunker grandpa, [6] [7] is an insulting nickname for Russian president Vladimir Putin, which has become an Internet meme in Russia and ...
Check out the list below for options that include traditional options, fun names and words for grandfather in other languages. 111 grandpa nicknames to consider.
This is because the pronunciation of the two letters is significantly different, and Russian ы normally continues Common Slavic *y [ɨ], which was a separate phoneme. The letter щ is conventionally written št in Bulgarian, šč in Russian. This article writes šš' in Russian to reflect the modern pronunciation [ɕɕ].
In the context of the pagan holiday of the dead, the most popular name is "dziady". The word "dziad" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *dědъ (pl. *dědi) meaning primarily "father of the father, father of the mother", "an old man with an honorable position in the family", "ancestor" and "old man".
East Slavic naming customs are similar, except that the suffix -yevich, -yevna, or something similar is used in a Russian language patronymic. Indians of the Muslim Isma'ili sect also have patronymic middle names that use the father's first name and the grandfather's first name plus a family name. Someone called "Ramazan Rahim Ali Manji" might ...