how to pronounce азбука

/ˈazbʊkə/

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азбука is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of азбука in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… обучения письму азбука прописи числовых …”

meanings of азбука

noun:

ABC (the rudiments of any subject).
Alphabet.
ABC book, abecedary; primer.

азбука frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word азбука occurs in russian on average 2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.