how to pronounce маяк

/mɐˈjak/

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маяк is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… приложения маяк краткая справка маяк это …”

meanings of маяк

noun:

Used as the call sign for some Soyuz missions: Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-10 & Soyuz T-15.
Lighthouse.
Beacon.

name:

Mayak, the name of a nuclear waste reprocessing plant in Russia.
Mayak, the name of government radio broadcasting company in Russia.

маяк frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word маяк occurs in russian on average 8.2 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.