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I’m reading “Lost Roses” by Martha Hall Kelly, which takes place during the Russian Revolution.
There is a character Varinka, a peasant girl.
The name has the sound of a diminutive but I couldn’t guess for what. Came on BtN and can’t find it at all.
Also, her family calls her “Inka” as a nickname. But wouldn't that be the pet name suffix.
So I guess my questions are 1) Is Varinka a real
Russian name? 2) What is it a diminutive of, if anything? And 3) Are suffixes Inka and Ushka and the like used as nicknames in Russian?
There is a character Varinka, a peasant girl.
The name has the sound of a diminutive but I couldn’t guess for what. Came on BtN and can’t find it at all.
Also, her family calls her “Inka” as a nickname. But wouldn't that be the pet name suffix.
So I guess my questions are 1) Is Varinka a real
Russian name? 2) What is it a diminutive of, if anything? And 3) Are suffixes Inka and Ushka and the like used as nicknames in Russian?
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