Translation
oil, petroleum
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Word origin
Borrowed via Turkic languages from Persian naft, meaning petroleum or bitumen.
- Origin
- Persian (via Turkic)
- Root
- naft
- English cognates
- naphtha
Grammar
Examples
добыва́ет .
Russia extracts a lot of oil.
вы́росли .
Oil prices rose this year.
экспорти́рует госуда́рства.
This country exports oil to other states.
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нефть: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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