György
György is the traditional Hungarian form of George. Deriving from the Greek Geórgios, its meaning reflects agriculture and cultivating the earth. It is a time-honored name anchored in deep Christian history and the noble legend of Saint George.
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Origin and etymology of the name
Scholarly onomastic and linguistic analysisA name of Greek origin meaning farmer, earthworker, or tiller of the soil.
Detailed Slovak etymology analysis
Maďarská podoba mena gréckeho pôvodu Geórgios (Γεώργιος), ktorá sa do maďarčiny dostala prostredníctvom latinského mena Georgius. Grécke meno vychádza zo slova geōrgós, utvoreného zo základov gē („zem“) a érgon („práca, dielo“), a znamená „roľník“ alebo „obrábateľ pôdy“.
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GYORGY
Requires spelling without diacriticsö (1)
Regional Central European form25 foreign variants
Česky, Anglicky, Maďarsky- •Mierna diakritika – v medzinárodnom styku sa ľahko prepisuje do základnej latinky.
- •Univerzálna výslovnosť – neobsahuje zhluky hlások náročné pre cudzincov.
- •Globálne rozšírené meno – má priame ekvivalenty vo viac než 10 svetových jazykoch.
Name days and calendars
Dates in Slovak and international calendarsVýslovnosť približne: ďörď; písmeno gy sa v maďarčine vyslovuje ako mäkké ď a ö označuje zaokrúhlenú prednú samohlásku.
Grammar & Cases
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Affectionate and family nicknamesNotable figures named György
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Hungarian marxist philosopher and literary critic (1885–1971)
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