This is a small list of Russian words that you might find helpful when shopping for food in Russia or the ex-Soviet countries like Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
Where possible, I’ve put the cyrillic so you can just show it to someone, but in other places the words are phonetically spelled out.
| Fresh herbs:
Basil – базилик
Chives – лук-резанец
Cilantro – кинза
Dill – чкроп
Garlic – чеснок
Mint – мята
Parsley – летрушка
Spices:
Cinnamon – корица
Cumin – тмин
Curry – кэрри
Oregano – орегано
Pepper – перчинка
Vegetables:
Beans – fasol
Cabbage – kapoosta
Carrots – markov
Cauliflower – tsvitnaya kapoosta
Cucumber – agooryets
Mushrooms – griby
Onions – look
Tomatoes – pamidory
Fruit:
Apples – yablaka
Banana – banan
Cherries – vishni
Grapes – vinagrad
Lemon – limon
Orange – apilseen
Pear – groosha
Other foods:
Vinegar – уксус (often concentrated 70% acid, be sure to dilute it!)
Mustard – горчица
Dates – финики
Baking powder – разрь׀xлитель теста
Milk – молоко
Butter – masla
Cheese – syr
Cookies – pichyenye
Cream – slivki
Flour – mooka
Rice – rees
Eggs – yaitsa
Sardines – sardiny
Sausages – sasiski
Sugar – sakhar
Tea – chai
Orange juice – apilseenaviy sok
Apple juice – yablachniy sok
Cherry juice – vishnyoviy sok
Tomato juice – tamatniy sok
Cola – baikal |
Meat & Seafood:
Beef – guvyadina
Chicken – kooritsa
Lamb – baranina
Steak – antrecot
Carp – karp
Cod – triska
Pike – shchooka
Trout – faryel
Salmon – syomga
Toiletries:
Face cream – krem dlya litsa
Hand cream – krem dlya rook
Soap – myla
Toothpaste – zoobnaya pasta
Shampoo – shampoon
Numbers:
10 – Dyesyat
15 – Pitnatsat
20 – Dvatsat
25 – Dvatsat pyat
30 – Tritsat
40 – Sorak
50 – Pyatdisyat
60 – Shestdisyat
70 – Syemdisyat
80 – Vosyemdisyat
90 – Dyevyanosta
100 – Sto
200 – Dvyesti
300 – Trista
400 – Chitirista
500 – Pyatsot
600 – Shestsot
700 – Syemsot
800 – Vosyemsot
900 – Dvevyatsot
1000 – Tysyacha
Phrases:
Good morning – Dobraye utra
Good afternoon – Dobriy den
Good evening – Dobriy vyecher
Thank you – Spaseeba
Thank you very much – Spaseeba balshoye
What do you want? – Shto vy khatitye
Do you have any…? – Oo vas yest…
We have … – Oo nas yest…
No, we don’t have – Nyet, neytoo
It’s very tasty – Eta ochin vkoosna |
