Dniester

English

Dniester basin

Etymology

From Russian Днестр (Dnestr), pre-reform orthography Днѣстръ (Dněstr), ultimately (compare Byzantine Greek Δάναστρις (Dánastris) and Late Latin Danaster) from Old Ossetic (Sarmatian) *dānu nazdya "the close river" (the Dniepr being the far one). The first element is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰánwati << *dʰénh₂- ~ dʰn̥h₂-u- << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (“to flow”), found in several other river names such as Danube and Донец (Donec); more at Danube.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈniːstə], [dnɪˈestə]

Proper noun

Dniester

A river in Eastern Europe, flowing through Ukraine and Moldova to the Black Sea.

Synonyms

Dnister

Related terms

Transnistria

Translations

river in Europe

Armenian: Դնեստր (hy) (Dnestr)
Czech: Dněstr (cs) m
French: Dniestr (fr) m
Georgian: დნესტრი (dnesṭri)
German: Dnister (de) m
Greek: Δνείστερος (el) m (Dneísteros)
Hungarian: Dnyeszter
Irish: An Dnístir f
Latin: Danaster m, Tyras m
Macedonian: Днестар m (Dnestar)
Nogai: Тарку (Tarku)
Polish: Dniestr (pl) m
Romanian: Nistru
Russian: Днестр (ru) m (Dnestr)
Turkish: Dinyester, Özi
Ukrainian: Дністе́р m (Dnistér)

References

Mallory, J.P; Mair, Victor H. (2000). The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 106.
Абаев, В. И. (1949) Осетинский язык и фольклор I [Ossetian Language and Folklore I]‎ (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 236

Anagrams

Neiderts, desertin', disenter, indesert, inserted, nerdiest, resident, sentried, sintered, tendries, trendies