Cyrillization of Greek
Transcription or transliteration of text from the Greek alphabet to Cyrillic script
Cyrillization of Greek refers to the transcription or transliteration of text from the Greek alphabet to the Cyrillic script .
Modern Greek to Russian
The following system has been used for Cyrillization of Modern Greek into Russian.[1] [2]
Greek
note
Cyrillic
example
α
а
Αρμενία Армения
αι
э
άι, αϊ, άυ
аи
αυ
before β, γ, δ, ζ, λ, μ, ν, ρ, or a vowel
ав
αυ
before θ, κ, ξ, π, σ, τ, φ, χ, or ψ
аф
β
в
γ
г
γ
before ε, αι, ι, η, υ, ει, or οι
г
Γερμανία Германиа
γι, γει, γυ
before vowels
й
Γιατρός Ятрос
γγ
нг
Άγγελος Ангелос
γκ
word-initial
г
Γκάνα Гана
γκ
within a word before a voiced consonant or a vowel
нг
γκ
within a word before an unvoiced consonant
нк
γχ
нх
δ
д
Δανία Даниа
ε
word-initial
э
Έλβας Элвас
ε
elsewhere
е
ει
и
ει
before a vowel
й
εϊ
эи
ευ
before β, γ, δ, ζ, λ, μ, ν, ρ or a vowel
эв
ευ
before θ, κ, ξ, π, σ, τ, φ, χ, ψ
эф
ζ
з
Ζαγορά Загора
η
и
θ
т
Θεωδόρας Теодорас
ι
и
ι
before a vowel
й
κ
к
λ
л
μ
м
μπ
word-initial
б
μπ
within a word
мп
ν
н
ντ
word-initial
д
ντ
within a word
нт
ξ
кс
ο
о
οι
before a vowel
й
οι
и
όι
ои
οϊ
ой
ου
у
π
п
ρ
р
σ
before θ, κ, π, ξ, σ, τ, ψ, χ, φ, or a vowel
с
σ, ς
before β, γ, δ, ζ, λ, μ, ν, ρ, τ, or ζ
з
τ
т
υ
и
υ
before a vowel
й
φ
ф
χ
х
ψ
пс
ω
о
See also
References
^ Salnova, A. V. (2005). Греческо-русский и русско-греческий словарь [Greek–Russian and Russian–Greek Dictionary ]. Moscow: Русский язык Медиа. ISBN 5-9576-0124-1 .
^ Borisova, A. B. (2004). Греческий без репетитора [Greek Without a Tutor ]. Moscow: Корона. pp. 8–10. ISBN 5-89-815-482-5 .
Existing systems Standards