List of English words of Ukrainian origin information
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English words of Ukrainian origin are words in the English language that have been borrowed or derived from the Ukrainian language.
Some of them may have entered English via Russian, Polish, or Yiddish, among others. They may have originated in another languages, but are used to describe notions related to Ukraine.[citation needed] Some are regionalisms, used in English-speaking places with a significant Ukrainian diaspora population, especially Canada, but all of these have entered the general English vocabulary.
Some words such as knyaz are traced back to the times of Kievan Rus, and hence claimed both by Russians and Ukrainians, both claiming the Kievan Rus heritage.
babka
Type of sweet Easter bread [Ukrainian ба́бка, related to French baba au rhum].
bandura
Type of plucked string folk instrument [Ukrainian: банду́ра].
chumak
Historical and traditional wagon-based trading occupation [Ukrainian: чума́к].
gotch
gotchies
gitch
Underwear, Canadian English slang. Also gaunch, gaunchies in Alberta.
hetman
Rank of Cossack military-political leaders [Ukrainian: ге́тьман].
holubtsi
Cabbage rolls, Canadian English [Ukrainian: голубці́, plural from голубе́ць holubets].
hopak
Lively traditional dance [Ukrainian: гопа́к].
horilka
Type of Ukrainian alcoholic beverage [Ukrainian: горілка].
kovbasa
kubasa
Garlic sausage, Canadian English. Also kubie, kubie burger [Ukrainian ковбаса́].
oseledets
Style of haircut associated with Ukrainian cossacks, topknot.
paska
Type of decorated Easter bread, a rich dessert with curd cheese and dried fruit. Also paskha or pashka [Ukrainian: па́ска].
pyrih
Pie with sweet or savoury filling [Ukrainian: пирі́г].
pyrizhky
Small baked or fried bun, stuffed with various fillings [Ukrainian: пиріжки́, plural from пиріжо́к pyrizhok, diminutive from пирі́г pyrih].
pyrohy
Stuffed dumplings or pastry (from western Ukraine, where it is a synonym for varenyky). Also singular perogy [Ukrainian: пироги́, plural from пирі́г pyrih].
pysanka
Decorated Easter egg [Ukrainian: пи́санка].
varenyky
Boiled dumplings with a variety of fillings, such as potatoes, cherries, strawberries, meat, etc. [Ukrainian: варе́ники varenyky, plural from варе́ник varenyk].
vyshyvanka
Traditional embroidered shirt [Ukrainian: вишива́нка].
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