Gender Feminine
Usage Ukrainian (Polonized)
Scripts Магдъелъина(Ukrainian) Магделъйна(Russian)
Pronounced Pron. məg-DyA-Ľaw-nyə(Ukrainian) /mɑɡdɑ.ˈljɛnɑ/(Ukrainian) məg-DYe-Ľe-nYə(Russian) /mʌɡ.ˈdalʲenə/(Russian) [key·simplify]
Other Forms FormsMahylena, Mahdelyna, Mahalyna, Mahdalyna, Madalyna
Meaning & History
Magdelyna or Mahdelyna in Ukrainian, (Magdalina) from Slavic Magda and Old Church Slavic, Czech, Bulgarian Magdalena/Magdalina.Mahďeľeńa (Abecadło) Mahďeľeňa (Jireček's Alphabet) written in the Polish alphabet and Czech/Slovak Alphabet sub-orthographies of the Ukrainian Latin Alphabet called Latynka.The D, l, and N in Magdelyna are pronounced as: Dje/Ď(Ђ), Lje/Ľ(Љ), Nje/Ň(Њ)