Surzhyk

surzhyk English Alternative forms en surzhyk Surzhik surzhik suržyk Etymology From en uk су́ржик and regional en ru су́ржик bread made from a dough from different types of grains. See Welsh cy siprys dredge, mix of barley and oats for another example of a term used for a mixed language, in this case Welsh and English. Proper noun A pidgin language or interlanguage combining elements of Russian and Ukrainian, spoken mainly in Ukraine but also some neighbouring regions in Russia (Kursk, Voronezh and Belgorod) or Ukrainians living in Russia. Valerie Hopkins War May Be Distant in Moscow, but in One Russian Border City, It’s Real 2022-09-14 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/world/europe/russia-ukraine-border-belgorod.html “I was waiting for them with so much happiness,” Larisa, 74, said in surzhik, a dialect that is a mixture of Ukrainian and Russian. https://web.archive.org/web/20250930191226/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/world/europe/russia-ukraine-border-belgorod.html 30 September 2025 Translations language Armenian: hy սուրժիկ Belarusian: be су́ржык m Bulgarian: bg суржик m Czech: cs suržyk m Esperanto: eo surĵiko French: fr sourjyk m, fr surzhyk m German: de Surschyk n, de Surshyk n Hungarian: hu szurzsik Polish: pl surżyk m Russian: ru су́ржик m Swedish: sv surzjyk ? Ukrainian: uk су́ржик m See also en Trasyanka en Balachka en Languages Ukraine Russia Ukrainian