Ksenia

See also: Ksenią

English

Proper noun

Ksenia

1. A transliteration of the Bulgarian or Russian female given name Ксения (Ksenija).
2. A transliteration of the Serbo-Croatian female given name Ксенија.
3. A transliteration of the Belarusian or Ukrainian female given name Ксенія (Ksjenija)

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos

Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos)

Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía)lbor.

Polish Ksenia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈksɛɲ.ja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɲja
• Syllabification: Ksen‧ia
• Homophone: xenia

Proper noun

Ksenia f

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Xenia

Declension

Declension of Ksenia

	singular	plural
nominative	Ksenia	Ksenie
genitive	Kseni	Kseń
dative	Kseni	Kseniom
accusative	Ksenię	Ksenie
instrumental	Ksenią	Kseniami
locative	Kseni	Kseniach
vocative	Kseniu	Ksenie

Further reading

• “Ksenia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)