Russian Alphabet: Some More Letter Б Words

If you missed the first letter Б post, you can read it here.

In this second part, we will focus on the yummy words Russian letter Б stands for.

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Борщ (BORSHCH),

the Ukrainian beet soup, loved and frequently served in both Russian households and restaurants.

If you are one of those people who think that nothing palatable can possibly come of beets - just order борщ next time you are in a good (the reputation and quality are of critical importance!) Russian or Ukrainian restaurant.

Image by Igor Kravtchenko; source: Wikimedia Commons

Блины (blee-NYH),

also frequently called

Блинчики (BLEEN-chih-kih),

the Russian version of crepes, if you would.

Other food words starting with the Russian letter Б are

Image by Darkone;
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Банан (bah-NAHN)

which used to be hard to come by in my Soviet childhood years

Image by Horst Frank;
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 Баклажан

(bahk-lah-ZHAHN),
"zh" standing for the sound of "s" in "measure"

and

Брусника (broo-SNEE-kah)

translated by various sources as cow-berries, fox-berries, lingonberries, red bilberries, red whortleberries or mountain cranberries (wow... are all of those the same?) - the botanical name being Vaccinum vitis idaea.

Whatever the name, Блинчики with Брусника are quite a refreshing combination.

Photo by Andreas Gronski;
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Oh, and don't let me forget this thing with a nasty  (in my personal opinion) sound:

Балалайка

(bah-lah-LIE-kah), the stressed syllable is the same as the English word "lie".



Well, that should be enough for now. Next week in the Russian  Alphabet series: letter B ,  not as in "boy" -  rather as in Vladimir (Lenin, or Putin).

Meanwhile, here is some more about Russian food and Russian alphabet: