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English words of Ukrainian origin are words in the English language that have been borrowed or derived from the Ukrainian language. Some of them may have entered English via Russian, Polish, or Yiddish, among others. They may have originated in another languages, but are used to describe notions related to Ukraine.[ citation needed ] Some are regionalisms, used in English-speaking places with a significant Ukrainian diaspora population, especially Canada, but all of these have entered the general English vocabulary.
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Some words such as knyaz are traced back to the times of Kievan Rus, and hence claimed both by Russians and Ukrainians, both claiming the Kievan Rus heritage.
- babka
- Type of sweet Easter bread (Ukrainian: ба́бка , romanized: babka , related to French baba au rhum , Yiddish באַבקע).
- bandura
- Type of plucked string folk instrument (Ukrainian: банду́ра).
- chumak
- Historical and traditional wagon-based trading occupation (Ukrainian: чума́к).
- didukh
- (historical, Ukrainian: дідух , romanized: didukh ), a Ukrainian Christmas sheaf of wheat used in rituals around Christmas and Epiphany traditionally believed to contain ancestor spirits
- gotch (gotchies, gitch)
- Underwear, Canadian English regionalism. Also gaunch, gaunchies in Alberta.
- hetman
- Rank of Cossack military-political leaders [Ukrainian: ге́тьман].
- holubtsi
- Cabbage rolls, Canadian English [Ukrainian: голубці́, plural from голубе́ць holubets].
- hopak
- Lively traditional dance [Ukrainian: гопа́к].
- horilka
- Type of Ukrainian alcoholic beverage [Ukrainian: горілка].
- kovbasa (kubasa)
- Garlic sausage, Canadian English. Also kubie, kubie burger [Ukrainian ковбаса́].
- oseledets
- Style of haircut associated with Ukrainian cossacks, topknot.
- paska
- Type of decorated Easter bread, a rich dessert with curd cheese and dried fruit. Also paskha or pashka [Ukrainian: па́ска].
- pysanka
- Decorated Easter egg [Ukrainian: пи́санка].
- rushnyk (rushnik)
- (Ukrainian: рушник , romanized: rushnyk ), a cloth/towel embroidered with symbols and cryptograms of the ancient world, used in Eastern Slavic ceremonies.
- serdyuk
- (historical, Ukrainian: сердюк , romanized: serdyuk ), a Cossack soldier who serves as a mercenary for the hetman under the Zaporizhian Sich.
- pronounced [trɪˈzub] ), a trident emblem representing Ukraine, particularly, on the coat of arms.
- varenyky
- Boiled dumplings with a variety of fillings, such as potatoes, cherries, strawberries, meat, etc. [Ukrainian: варе́ники varenyky, plural from варе́ник varenyk].
- vyshyvanka
- Traditional embroidered shirt [Ukrainian: вишива́нка].
