Cyrillization of Greek

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

Modern Greek to Russian

The following system has been used for Cyrillization of Modern Greek into Russian.

Greek	note	Cyrillic	example
α		а	Αρμενία Армения
αι		э
άι, αϊ, άυ		аи
αυ	before β, γ, δ, ζ, λ, μ, ν, ρ, or a vowel	ав
αυ	before θ, κ, ξ, π, σ, τ, φ, χ, or ψ	аф
β		в
γ		г
γ	before ε, αι, ι, η, υ, ει, or οι	г	Γερμανία Германиа
γι, γει, γυ	before vowels	й	Γιατρός Ятрос
γγ		нг	Άγγελος Ангелос
γκ	word-initial	г	Γκάνα Гана
γκ	within a word before a voiced consonant or a vowel	нг
γκ	within a word before an unvoiced consonant	нк
γχ		нх
δ		д	Δανία Даниа
ε	word-initial	э	Έλβας Элвас
ε	elsewhere	е
ει		и
ει	before a vowel	й
εϊ		эи
ευ	before β, γ, δ, ζ, λ, μ, ν, ρ or a vowel	эв
ευ	before θ, κ, ξ, π, σ, τ, φ, χ, ψ	эф
ζ		з	Ζαγορά Загора
η		и
θ		т	Θεωδόρας Теодорас
ι		и
ι	before a vowel	й
κ		к
λ		л
μ		м
μπ	word-initial	б
μπ	within a word	мп
ν		н
ντ	word-initial	д
ντ	within a word	нт
ξ		кс
ο		о
οι	before a vowel	й
οι		и
όι		ои
οϊ		ой
ου		у
π		п
ρ		р
σ	before θ, κ, π, ξ, σ, τ, ψ, χ, φ, or a vowel	с
σ, ς	before β, γ, δ, ζ, λ, μ, ν, ρ, τ, or ζ	з
τ		т
υ		и
υ	before a vowel	й
φ		ф
χ		х
ψ		пс
ω		о

See also

• Cyrillization
• Romanization of Greek