Cyrillization of Greek

Cyrillization of Greek refers to the transcription or transliteration of text from the Greek alphabet to the Cyrillic script.

The Early Cyrillic alphabet included the entire Greek alphabet: а в г д є ꙁ и ѳ ї к л м н ѯ о п р с т ѵ ф х ѱ ѡ. However, modern Cyrillic alphabets omit some Greek letters, so Greek names and loanwords are no longer spelled originally in modern Cyrillic orthographies.

Greek-Russian orthographic transcription

The following system has been used to transcribe Modern Greek proper names and terms in Russian texts.

Greek	Note	Cyrillic	Example
α		а	Ελλάδα → Эллада
αι		э (word-initially), е (all other cases)	αιώνας → эонас, χαιρετάω → херетао
αϊ		ай	Ταϊβάν → Тайван
αυ	/af/ before a voiceless consonant; /av/ otherwise	ав	αυτό → авто, σαύρα → савра
β		в	βήτα → вита
γ		г	Γερμανία → Германия, γούπα → гупа
γι, γει, γυ	before vowels	й	Γιατρός → Ятрос [Йатрос]
γγ		нг	Άγγελος → Ангелос
γκ		г (word-initially), нг	Γκάνα → Гана, αγκάθι → ангатьи, Μπανγκόκ → Бангкок
γχ		нх
δ		д	Δανία → Дания
ε		э (word-initially), е (all other cases)	επευφημώ → эпевфимо
ει		и
εϊ		эй
ευ	/ef/ before a voiceless consonant; /ev/ otherwise	эв
ζ		з	Ζαγορά → Загора
η		и
θ		т (also ф)	Θεόδωρος → Теодорос (also Феодорос)
ι		и, й (before a vowel)
κ		к
λ		л
μ		м
μπ		б (word-initially), мп (within a word)
ν		н
ντ		д (word-initially), нт (within a word)
ξ		кс
ο		о
οι		и
οϊ		ой
ου		у
π		п
ρ		р
σ	/z/ before voiced consonants	с
τ		т
υ		и
φ		ф
χ		х
ψ		пс
ω		о

See also

• Cyrillization
• Pontic Greek
• Romanization of Greek
• Hebraization of Greek