Hi! I am new to the Russian culture and I am wondering if Dima is a nickname for Dmitri and what Dima means. I have looked in a lot of places but can't find it. Any help would be appreciated!
Arwen
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Hi! I am new to the Russian culture and I am wondering if Dima is a nickname for Dmitri and what Dima means. I have looked in a lot of places but can't find it. Any help would be appreciated!
Arwen
Yes, Dima is a "nickname" for Dmitri. Technically it's what's called a diminutive form, which means a form of a noun used to make it sound more informal or tender. In this case his friends would probably call him "Dima" or perhaps some other nickname they make up for him. It's just a form of the name and doesn't actually mean anything.
If someone's name was Dima does that mean that his real name is Dmitri? or could his parents have named him Dima... He goes by Dima.. I never asked him..
Dunno, it could be someone's actual name. There are (non-Russian) people whose legal first name is "Natasha", though that's actually a diminutive form of the name "Natalia."
The name is probly dmitri. You know 100 guys named John whos parents called them Johnny but that wasn't his name on his birth cirtificate.
There's other name for dmitiri to, like dimka, and some others.
Dima is Dmitri in all offical documents, at least in Russia. But not necessary in US: Владислав can be easily referred as Slava or Vlad ( e.g. on DL ).Quote:
Originally Posted by Dogboy182
What about Vladimir? and Yaraslav?
Those could fit in too.
Yep, that's the problem. If someone calls himself Влад or Слава you never know what his full name is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dogboy182
um... dima
not sure what it means, though i do know two russian 'dima's and a 'dina' maybe i should ask one of them?
No it's ok, we got it.
You don't like maggot, do you? :lol:
Me neither. It's really lame when people put big pictures in their sigs for no reason.
thats a funny/sick signature pic
its not that i don't like her. But i can't think of another way to finish the sentence.
Kathleen + Weed = Bad spelling.Quote:
Originally Posted by maggot
Weed kils braincells, and it seems to me she needs every last one she can get.
Harsh, but fair.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dogboy182
Dima = Dmitriy - from Greek Demetra goddess.
Dina is not usual Russian name, mostly it is Tartarian woman name.
and its a diminutive of Dinara.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nixer
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Originally Posted by scotcher
Which is the national currency of Iraq.
Tartarian? Don't you mean Tatar?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nixer
Who are the Tartars? They have their own language, yes? There's a singer in Australia who is Tartar, and she is very fair-haired. Even though I concede that I must have been on something when I claimed Russians were of olive complexion, I guess what I meant is that they weren't as fair pigmented through the hair colour. Are the Tartars generally blonde, moreso than the main Russian white ethnicity? I get the impression their language and ancestry isn't at all related to Russian.
They are a turkic people. They used ot live all over the place, had wars with the Russians. Now they exist in Russia (esepcially the Republic of Tatarstan), The Crimea (Ukraine), and other places (the Caucusus maybe). They are mostly Muslim, I believe. They speak Tatar, a Turkic language. The Russians used the term Tatar to refer to lots of different people though, and not just ethnic Tatars. They are darker skinned and haired generally. The singer Alsou is a Tatar, form Tatarstan.Quote:
Originally Posted by brett
A friend of mine is a genuine Tatar woman but she's naturally blond with white colored skin. So it is not a strict rule.Quote:
Originally Posted by TATY
I just realized I spelt Tatar like the sauce, tartar. :oops:
That's how they used to spell it, anyway, and the Tatar regions used to be called "Tartary." So you weren't too off. :) Actually, I have no idea how the name "tartar sauce" came about.
I have never eaten Tatar sauce. I would like to have some white Tatar sauce in me though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pravit
Better late than never! Help yourself:Quote:
Originally Posted by TATY
http://store.yahoo.com/farawayfoods/beaversauces.html
Whaaa? Never eaten tartar sauce? It's a kind of sauce often eaten with fried fish.
GENERALLY. I SAID GENERALLYQuote:
Originally Posted by DenisM
If i said 90% of people don't like carrots, would you then say "not true, i like them".
Ok, ok, take it easy :).Quote:
Originally Posted by TATY
Well he is russian. So I guess his real name is Dmitri.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pravit
I can contribute 'Svyatoslav' to make the list fuller. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by DenisM
What about Dmitro/Dmytro and Dimitriy, don't these have Dima as a diminutive too? Or aren't these Russian names?
Dmitro/Dmytro is not Russian name. Dmitriy - yes, with deminutive Dima.