епархия - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic єпархиꙗ (eparxija), derived from Ancient Greek ἐπαρχία (eparkhía).

• IPA^(key): [ɛˈparxijɐ]

епа́рхия • (epárhija) f

1. diocese (region administered by a bishop)

• епа́рх (epárh, “head of diocese, bishop”)

• “епархия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

• епа́рхія (jepárxija) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic єпархиꙗ (eparxija), borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπαρχία (eparkhía).

• IPA^(key): [(j)ɪˈparxʲɪjə]

епа́рхия • (jepárxija) f inan (genitive епа́рхии, nominative plural епа́рхии, genitive plural епа́рхий, relational adjective епархиа́льный)

1. diocese, bishopric
2. domain, sphere of competence, area of responsibility

   э́то уже не моя́ епа́рхия

   éto uže ne mojá jepárxija

   it's outside my province

• епи́скоп (jepískop)