Abbreviations in Russian,English & Kazakh Languages

Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Abbreviations in English ,Kazakh and Russian languages

Types of Abbreviations

• 1 Acronyms
• 2 Initialisms
• 3 Blends
• 4 Clippings

Acronyms

• Nato
• Laser
• Unesco
• Salt

Initialisms

• TV(television)
• BBC
• PhD
• JV(joint venture)
• NATO
• UFO( Unknown Flying Object)
• ANZUS(Australia, New Zealand ,United States)

Clippings

• Ad(advert)
• Phone(telephone)
• Exam(examination)
• Bus(autobus)
• Plane(airplane)
• Fridge(refrigerator)
• Betty(from Elizabeth)
• Billy(from William)

Blends

• Brunch(breakfast+lunch)
• Heliport(helicopter+airport)
• Smog(smoke+fog)
• Eurovision(European
• +vision)

EAEC(Eurasian Economic Community).

Abbreviations in English, Kazakh and Russian Languages

CIS(Commonwealth of Independent States)

KazISS

(Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies)

RAF (Russian Automobile Federation)

Some more abbreviations

Memo- memorandum

AM- Ante Meridian

PM- Post Meridian

AD- Anno Domini

BC – Before Christ

PE-Physical Education

“ AM” stands for the Latin phrase Ante Meridiem —which means “before noon”—and “PM” stands for Post Meridiem : “after noon .”

GR8 - great

LOL - lot of laugh

ROFL - rolling on the floor laughing

Abbreviations which

are not known to many of us

Online chat and Text message Abbreviations

A3 - Anytime , anywhere, anyplace

B9-Boss is watching

B2W- back to work

The Usage of Abbreviations while Texting among Teenagers

To Protect Your Kids, Speak Their Language

MOS

Mom over shoulder

PRW

Parents are watching

(L)MIRL

Let’s meet in a real time

W/E

Whatever

121

One to one

HTH

Hope this helps

BRB

Be right back

TTYL

Talk to you later

G8

Great

PA

Parent alert

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