chokanye

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian чо́канье (čókanʹje).

Noun

chokanye (uncountable)

  1. (linguistics) A shift in some Slavic languages and dialects that causes /ts/ to merge into /tʃ/.
    Coordinate term: tsokanye
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