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[djador.livejournal.com]

How would you pronounce Pankrati? It's Russian and I've looked everywhere for a pronunciation but I can't seem to find one. I did find out that it means 'power' though.


Oh, and Pavel? Means lowly. Why is that name so popular? =P

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[serdyuchkafan.livejournal.com]

Pankrati would probably be pronounced "Pahn-krahtee" (Sorry, not good at explaining pronunciations).

Pavel is the Russian form of Paul, so that could be a reason it's so popular (or it sounds nice, lol).

[bluekoala.livejournal.com]

I could be totally off base, but if "lowly" is more like humble than base, it's not that bad. I kinda like Pavel.

[djador.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you.

Does that mean that Paul has the same meaning? Honestly though, if I liked a name, the meaning wouldn't bother me much. Pavel is a good name. =]

[djador.livejournal.com]

Ah, I didn't think about that. You could be right. Pavel isn't a bad name at all. =]

[barelyshocking.livejournal.com]

When I read through Doctor Zhivago, I took a moment to look up meanings of names. Pavel Antipov (known as Pasha throughout the book) seemed to suit the meaning of his name.. I wonder if the author knew this?

Hm, random comment.

[serdyuchkafan.livejournal.com]

I love the name Pavel. The Ukrainian form is Pavlo, which is pronounced "Paulo".

[djador.livejournal.com]

OH cool, I like that. And I'm even kind of Ukrainian. lol

[wolf-shadow.livejournal.com]

Russian is pretty phonetic, so Pan-Krat-Ee...

Pavel/Paul means small, and was the name St. Paul took when he converted to Christianity to signify how measly he now thought he was :)

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Pavel is the russian form for Paul, which comes from latin 'paulus' meaning 'small'.
So not necessarily low or humble, but also literally small :)

Pankrati = Pahn-KRAH-tee
in italian it's Pancrazio (Pahn-KRAH-tz-yo), extremely rare and old fashioned.

[serdyuchkafan.livejournal.com]

LOL! Cool, I'm Ukrainian and Russian (and probably other things too). :)