Inherited fromProto-Slavic*kaznь.

• IPA^(key):[ˈkazna]

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казна• (kazna) f (relational adjectiveказнен,diminutiveказничка)

1. punishment

• знака(znaka),казан(kazan),наказ(nakaz)

Borrowed from a Kypchak Turkic source, compareKipchakqazna(“treasury”) (Codex Cumanicus,Ave, porta paradisi, verse 75), further origin uncertain but probablyIranian, possibly ultimately fromOld Median*ganǰam(“treasure”).

Directly attested since 1389 (treaty ofDmitry Donskoy withVladimir the Bold) while its derivativeказначе́й(kaznačéj) is used already in the last will ofIvan II of Moscow circa 1358.

Formally close cognates includeNogaiказна(kazna),Kazakhқазына(qazyna),Bashkirҡаҙна(qaźna),Ossetianхъӕзна(qæzna),Chechenхазна(xazna,“treasure, treasury”),Serbo-Croatianха̏зна(“treasury; cash register”),Bulgarianхазна(hazna,“treasure; cash register”),Romanianhazna(“treasury; septic tank”),Turkishhazne(“treasury”),Arabicخَزْنَة(ḵazna,“[a] safe”).

Also compareOttoman Turkishخزینه(hazîne),Turkish andCrimean Tatarhazine,Tatarхәзинә(xäzinä,“treasure, treasury”),Persianخزینه(xazine),Arabicخَزِينَة(ḵazīna,“treasury”),Ancient Greekγάζα(gáza),Middle Persian[script needed](ganǰ),Persianگنج(ganj,“treasure”),Sogdian[script needed](γznyʼ/⁠γaznyā⁠/,“treasury”),Parthian𐫃𐫉𐫗𐫁𐫡(gznbr/⁠gaznβar⁠/,“treasurer”).

• IPA^(key):[kɐzˈna]

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казна́• (kazná) f inan (genitiveказны́,nominative pluralказны́,genitive plural*казн,relational adjectiveказённый)

1. treasury,exchequer
2. fisc

• казначе́й(kaznačéj)
• казначе́йство(kaznačéjstvo)

• → Khakas:хазна(xazna,“state”)
• → Southern Altai:казна(kazna)
• → Yakut:хааһына(qaahına)

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*kaznь.

• IPA^(key):/kâzna/
• Hyphenation:каз‧на

ка̏зна f (Latin spellingkȁzna)

1. punishment
2. penalty
3. visitation(of God)

• “казна”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025

FromArabicخَزِينَة(ḵazīna,“treasury”).

Cognate withTatarхәзинә(xäzinä),Bashkirхазина(xazina),Bashkirҡаҙна(qaźna),Uzbekxazina,Uyghurخەزىنە(xezine),Turkmenhazyna,Azerbaijanixəzinə,Turkishhazine(“treasure”), etc.

казна• (kazna)

1. treasure

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “казна”, inAltajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova,→ISBN

Borrowed fromTurkic languages.^[1] For more details see theetymology section of the Russian entry.

• IPA^(key):[kɐzˈna]

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казна́• (kazná) f inan (genitiveказни́,uncountable)(dated)

1. (finance,government)treasury(government department that manages government finances)
2. (colloquial)coffers(a supply or store of money)
3. (historical)treasury,treasure house(place where treasure is stored safely)

• (all senses):скарбни́ця f(skarbnýcja)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2015), “казна”, inСловник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6(зга́га – ква́рта), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund,→ISBN,page674
• “казна”, inГорох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “казна”, inKyiv Dictionary (in English)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “казна”, inСловник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv:Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “казна”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “казна”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “казна”, inСловник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)