What are the names for fingers in Russian? (VIDEO)
Did you know Russians can't say 'thumbs up'? Their fingers have totally different names! The most Russian American, Tim Kirby, explains...
- Russians call a thumb ‘big finger’ (‘большой палец’).
- Forefinger would be translated into Russian as ‘Index finger’ - ‘указательный палец’,
- The middle finger has the same definition (‘средний палец’)
- The ring finger is called ‘unnamed’ – ‘безымянный палец’. (though Russians put a ring on it too)
- And for a ‘little finger’ Russians have one specific word, ‘мизинец’.
(By the way Russians don’t have toes, they call it пальцы too!)
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