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чёрный

Pronunciation: [ˈt͡ɕɵrnɨj]

“чёрный” is a Russian word. Its 9 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. black
  2. rough, coarse
  3. back (stairs, entrance, etc.)
  4. unskilled, manual
  5. ferrous; iron and steel
  6. dark, swarthy; dark-haired, black-haired
  7. lacking a chimney to exhaust the smoke (of buildings or rooms heated by a fire)

noun

  1. black (man)
  2. a darker-skinned immigrant

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьrnъ. Cognates include Lithuanian kir̃snas and Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa, “black, dark”).

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