Definition
Plural of drosky; variant spelling of droshky, small horse-drawn carriages used in Eastern Europe.
Etymology
Alternative English plural spelling of drosky, itself a variant of droshky from Russian 'droshka.'
Kelly Says
Spelling variants like 'drosky' vs. 'droshky' remind us that when English borrowed Russian words in the 1800s, there was no standard system yet—translators made different choices depending on pronunciation!
Translations
ARالعربية
دروسكى
droos-ki
CACatalà
droskis
dro-skis
CSČeština
droskis
dro-skis
DEDeutsch
Droschkes
dro-sh-kes
ELΕλληνικά
droskis
dros-kis
ESEspañol
droskis
dro-skis
FRFrançais
droskis
dros-kis
HIहिन्दी
ड्रोस्की
dro-ski
HUMagyar
droskis
dro-skis
IDBahasa Indonesia
droskis
dro-skis
ITItaliano
droskis
dros-kis
MSBahasa Melayu
droskis
dro-skis
NLNederlands
droskis
dro-skis
PLPolski
droskis
dro-skis
PTPortuguês
droskis
dro-skis
RORomână
droskis
dro-skis
RUРусский
дровщик
drov-shich
SVSvenska
droskis
dro-skis
SWKiswahili
droskis
dro-skis
TEతెలుగు
డ్రోస్కీ
dro-ski
UKУкраїнська
дровщик
drov-shich
VITiếng Việt
droski
dros-ki