Translation
a matryoshka (Russian nesting doll)
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Word origin
From Матрёна, a common Russian female peasant name, in its diminutive form, used to name the nesting doll first carved in the 1890s.
- Origin
- Russian
- Root
- Матрёна
Grammar
Examples
подари́ла деревя́нную .
Grandma gave me a wooden matryoshka doll.
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Matryoshka dolls of different sizes stood on the shelf.
покупа́ть .
Tourists like buying matryoshka dolls as gifts.
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