вертолёт

Kyrgyz

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian вертолёт (vertoljót).

Noun

вертолёт • (vertolyot) (Arabic spelling ۋەرتوليوت)

  1. helicopter

Russian

Etymology

From верте́ть (vertétʹ, to turn, to twist) + -о- (-o-) + -лёт (-ljót), combining form of лете́ть (letétʹ, to fly).

Sources seem to converge on the coiner being Nikolay Kamov in the minutes of a meeting of the technical commission of the Central Council of OSOAVIAKHIM, dated February 8, 1929.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vʲɪrtɐˈlʲɵt]
  • (file)

Noun

вертолёт • (vertoljót) m inan (genitive вертолёта, nominative plural вертолёты, genitive plural вертолётов, relational adjective вертолётный, diminutive вертолётик)

  1. helicopter

Declension

Descendants

References

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