Belarusian

English

Alternative forms

Belarusan (academic)
Belorussian, Belarussian, Byelorussian, Bielorussian

Etymology

From Belarus +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌbɛləˈɹuːsi.ən/, /ˌbɛləˈɹuːʃən/
Rhymes: -uːʃən

Adjective

Belarusian (not comparable)

Of, from, or pertaining to Belarus, the Belarusian people.

Derived terms

Belarusianness

Translations

pertaining to Belarus

Albanian: bjellorus
Arabic: بِيلَارُوسِيّ‎ (bīlārūsiyy)
Armenian: բելառուսական (belaṙusakan)
Azerbaijani: belarus
Basque: bielorrusiar
Belarusian: белару́скі (bjelarúski)
Bengali: বেলারুশীয় (bn) (belaruśīy)
Bulgarian: белару́ски (belarúski)
Burmese: ဘီလာရုဇ် (bhilaruj)
Catalan: belarús (ca), bielorús (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 白俄羅斯的 (zh), 白俄罗斯的 (zh) (Bái'éluósī de)
Czech: běloruský (cs)
Danish: hviderussisk
Dutch: Wit-Russisch (nl)
Estonian: valgevene
Faroese: hvítarussiskur
Finnish: valkovenäläinen (fi), valkovenäjänkielinen (fi)
Galician: bielorruso (gl)
Georgian: ბელარუსული (belarusuli)
German: belarussisch (de), weißruthenisch, weißrussisch (de)
Greek: λευκορωσικός (el) (lefkorosikós)
Hindi: बेलारूसी (hi) (belārūsī)
Hungarian: fehérorosz (hu), fehéroroszországi
Icelandic: hvítrússneskur
Ido: Bielorusiala
Irish: Bealarúiseach
Italian: bielorusso (it)
Japanese: ベラルーシの (Berarūshi no)
Kazakh: беларус (belarws)
Khmer: បេឡារុស (km) (beelaaruh)
Korean: 벨로루시의 (ko) (bellorusiui), 백러시아의 (baengneosiaui)
Kyrgyz: беларус (belarus)
Lao: ເບລາລຸດ (bē lā lut)

Latvian: baltkrievu, baltkrievisks
Lithuanian: baltarusas, baltarusių (lt)
Macedonian: белоруски (beloruski)
Malay: Belarus
Maltese: Belarussu m, Belarussa f
Marathi: बेलारूसी (belārūsī), बेलारूसियन (belārūsiyan)
Mongolian: беларусь (belarusʹ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hviterussisk (no)

Nynorsk: kviterussisk (nn)
Persian: بلروسی‎ (belârusi)
Polish: białoruski (pl)
Portuguese: bielorrusso (pt) (Portugal), bielo-russo (Brazil)
Romanian: bielorus (ro), belarus
Russian: белору́сский (ru) (belorússkij)
Rusyn: білору́ськый (bilorúsʹkŷj)
Scottish Gaelic: Bealaruiseach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бе̏лорускӣ, бје̏лорускӣ

Roman: bȅloruskī, bjȅloruskī (sh)
Slovak: bieloruský
Slovene: belorúski (sl)
Spanish: bielorruso (es)
Swedish: vitrysk (sv)
Tajik: белорусӣ (tg) (belorusī)
Tatar: беларус (belarus)
Thai: เบลารุส (th) (bee-laa-rút)
Turkmen: belarus
Ukrainian: білору́ський (uk) (bilorúsʹkyj)
Urdu: بیلاروسی‎ (belārūsī)
Uyghur: بېلورۇس‎ (bëlorus)
Uzbek: belorus (uz), belarus
Vietnamese: Bê-la-rút, Bạch Nga
Yiddish: ווײַסרוסיש‎ (vaysrusish)

Noun

Belarusian (countable and uncountable, plural Belarusians)

(uncountable) The Slavic language spoken in Belarus (formerly called White Ruthenia or White Russia).
(countable) A citizen of Belarus.

Synonyms

Belarusan (academic)
Belarussian (deprecated)
Belorussian
Bielorussian (deprecated)
Byelorussian (deprecated)
White Russian (literal translation of the Slavic)
White Ruthenian

Related terms

Belarus
White Russia
White Ruthenia

Translations

language

Afrikaans: Wit-Russies (af), Belorussies
Albanian: gjuha bjelloruse (sq) f
Arabic: بِيلَارُوسِيّ‎ m (bilarūsiyy), بِيلَارُوسِيَّة‎ f (bilarūsiyya), لُغَة بِيلَارُوسِيَّة‎ f (luḡa bilarūsiyya)
Aragonese: idioma belorruso m
Armenian: բելառուսերեն (belaṙuseren)
Asturian: bielorrusu (ast)
Azerbaijani: belarus dili, belarusca (az), belarus, belorus
Cyrillic: беларус дили, беларусҹа, беларус, белорус
Basque: bielorrusiera (eu)
Belarusian: белару́ская мо́ва f (bjelarúskaja móva), белару́ская f (bjelarúskaja)
Breton: Belaruseg
Bulgarian: белоруски m (beloruski) (ези́к)
Buryat: белорос хэлэн (bjeloros xelen)
Catalan: belarús (ca), bielorús (ca)
Cebuano: pinulongang Byeloruso
Chinese:
Mandarin: 白俄羅斯語 (zh), 白俄罗斯语 (zh) (bái'éluósīyǔ), 白俄羅斯文, 白俄罗斯文 (bái'éluósīwén)
Cornish: belarussek
Czech: běloruština (cs) f
Danish: hviderusser (da) c
Dutch: Wit-Russisch (nl) n, Belarussisch (nl) n
Erzya: белорузонь кель (beloruzonʹ kelʹ)
Esperanto: Belorusa lingvo
Estonian: valgevene keel, valgevene
Faroese: hvítarussiskt n
Finnish: valkovenäjä (fi)
Franco-Provençal: bièlorusso
French: biélorusse (fr) m
Galician: bielorruso (gl) m
Georgian: ბელორუსიული (belorusiuli)
German: Weißrussisch (de) n
Greek: λευκορωσικά (el) n pl (lefkorosiká)
Hebrew: ביילרוסית‎ (belarusít), בלארוסית‎ (byelorusít)
Hindi: बेलारूसी (hi) f (belārūsī)
Hungarian: fehérorosz (hu), belorusz (hu)
Icelandic: hvít-rússneska
Ido: Bielorusiana (io)
Indonesian: bahasa Belarus, bahasa Belarusia
Irish: Bealarúisis f
Italian: bielorusso (it) m
Japanese: ベラルーシ語 (ja) (ベラルーシご, berarūshigo)
Kashubian: biôłorusczi
Kazakh: беларус тілі (belarws tili)
Korean: 벨라루스어 (ko) (bellaruseueo), 벨로루시아어 (bellorusia-eo), 백러시아어 (baengneosia-eo)
Kurdish: Belarûsî
Kyrgyz: белорус тили (belorus tili), беларус тили (belarus tili)
Latin: lingua Ruthenica Alba f, Belarusice
Latvian: baltkrievu valoda f, baltkrievu
Ligurian: lengua bielorussa f
Limburgish: Witrössisch, Wietrössisj (li) n
Lithuanian: baltarusių kalba (lt) f, baltarusių (lt), baltarusiškai, gudų (lt)

Low German: Wittruss'sch (nds) n
Lower Sorbian: běłoruska rěc f
Macedonian: белоруски m (beloruski) (ја́зик)
Malay: bahasa Belarus, bahasa Belarusian
Maltese: Il-Belarussu m
Manx: Belarooshish
Marathi: बेलारूसी (belārūsī)
Moksha: акшарузонь (akšaruzonʹ)
Mongolian: белорусс (beloruss), беларусь хэл (belarusʹ hel)
Nepali: बेलारुसियाली (belārusiyālī)
Norwegian: hviterussisk (no)
Nynorsk: kviterussisk (nn)
Occitan: bielorús (oc)
Old Church Slavonic: бѣлороусьскъ ѩꙁꙑкъ m (bělorusĭskŭ językŭ)
Persian: بلروسی‎ (belârusi), براروسی‎ (barârusi)
Piedmontese: lenga bielorussa f
Polish: (język) białoruski (pl) m
Portuguese: bielorrusso (pt) m (Portugal), bielo-russo m (Brazil)
Romanian: limba bielorusă f, bielorusă (ro) f, belarusă f
Russian: белору́сский язы́к (ru) m (belorússkij jazýk), белору́сский (ru) m (belorússkij)
Samogitian: godu kalba
Scots: Belaroushie
Scottish Gaelic: Bealaruisis
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: белоруски m (језик)

Roman: beloruski m (jezik)
Slovak: bieloruština (sk) f
Slovene: belorúščina (sl) f
Spanish: bielorruso (es) m
Swahili: Kibelarus, Kibelorusia (noun 7)
Swedish: vitryska (sv), belarusiska (sv)
Tajik: забони беларусӣ (zaboni belarusī), беларусӣ (tg) (belarusī)
Tamil: பைலோருஸ்சியன் (pailōrusciyaṉ)
Tatar: белорусь (belorus’)
Thai: ภาษาเบลารุส
Turkish: Beyaz Rusça (tr)
Turkmen: belarus dili, belarusça
Ukrainian: білору́ська мо́ва (uk) f (bilorúsʹka móva), білору́ська (uk) f (bilorúsʹka)
Upper Sorbian: běłorušćina (hsb) f
Urdu: بیلاروس‎ (belarus)
Uzbek: belaruscha
Cyrillic: беларусча
Vietnamese: tiếng Bê-la-rút
Volapük: Belarusänapük
Walloon: Belorûsse, Bielorûsse
Welsh: Belarwsiyn
West Frisian: Wytrussysk
Xhosa: isiBelarusian
Yiddish: ווײַסרוסיש‎ n (vaysrusish)
Zulu: isiBhelarashiyani

person from Belarus or of Belarusian descent

Arabic: بِيلَارُوسِيّ‎ m (bilarūsiyy), بِيلَارُوسِيَّة‎ f (bilarūsiyya)
Armenian: բելառուս (belaṙus)
Basque: bielorrusiar
Belarusian: белару́с m (bjelarús), белару́ска f (bjelarúska), белару́сы pl (bjelarúsy)
Catalan: bielorús (ca) m, bielorussa (ca) f, belarús (ca) m, belarussa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 白俄羅斯人, 白俄罗斯人 (bái'éluósīrén)
Czech: Bělorus (cs) m, Běloruska (cs) f
Dutch: Wit-Rus (nl) m, Wit-Russische (nl) f
Estonian: valgevenelane m or f, valgevenelanna f, valgevenelased pl
Finnish: valkovenäläinen (fi)
French: Biélorusse (fr) m or f
Galician: bielorruso (gl) m
German: Belarusse (de) m, Belarussin (de) f, Weißrusse (de) m, Weißrussin (de) f
Greek: Λευκορώσος (el) m (Lefkorósos), Λευκορωσίδα f (Lefkorosída)
Hungarian: fehérorosz (hu), fehéroroszországi, belorusz (hu)
Icelandic: Hvít-Rússi m, Hvít-Rússar m pl
Ido: Bielorusiano
Italian: bielorusso (it)

Japanese: ベラルーシ人 (ベラルーシじん, berarūshijin)
Latvian: baltkrievs m, baltkrieviete f
Lithuanian: baltarùsis (lt) m, gudas (lt) m
Luxembourgish: Wäissruss m, Wäissrussin f
Maltese: Belarussu m, Belarussa f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hviterusser (no) m, kviterusser (no) m

Nynorsk: kviterussar (nn) m
Polish: Białorusin (pl) m, Białorusinka (pl) f
Portuguese: bielorrusso (pt) m (Portugal), bielo-russo m (Brazil)
Romanian: bielorus (ro) m, bielorusă (ro) f, belarus m, belarusă f
Russian: белору́с (ru) m (belorús), белору́ска (ru) f (belorúska), белору́сы (ru) pl (belorúsy)
Scottish Gaelic: Bealaruiseach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: Bjelorus (sh) m, Bjeloruskinja f
Spanish: bielorruso (es) m
Swedish: vitryss (sv) c (male), vitryska (sv) c (female), belarusier (sv) c (male), belarusiska (sv) c (female)
Turkish: Beyaz Rus (tr), Beyaz Rusyalı (tr), Belaruslu
Ukrainian: білору́с (uk) m (bilorús), білору́ска f (bilorúska)

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Hindi: ^{(please verify)} बाय्लोरुसी (bāylorusī), ^{(please verify)} बेलारूसी (hi) (belārūsī)

Belarusian

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