How do you pronounce the russian name "Fyedka"?

Question

We're putting on Fiddler on the Roof at my school and I can't figure out how to pronounce this name...the part I'm trying out for is Chava and "Fyedka" is her opposite.

Answer 1

I've always heard it Fee yed kuh. That's how we pronounced it when I was in Fiddler. In fact, I played Chava! Break a leg! Chava's a meatier character than the other girls. She's smart, and defiant, and a rebel. Plus she has an emotional scene where her father shuns her. Any more questions e-mail me at [e-mail].

Answer 2

I was Chava my school did Fiddler two years ago. I always pronounced the name like "Vee-et-ka". But with a school production as long as you have a close pronunciation I'm sure it won't matter much, especially if it's only for an audition.

Answer 3

Fet'kah

can't think of what it rhymes with.
"Fe" is like in Santa Fe
t' is like t in tea (don't try to make it dound like a "d")
kah is like something in between of the first two sounds in "car" and "can" less deep than "car" less open than "can"
this is the closest I can think of.

Fyedka is a modification of original nickname Fyedya. So you have Fyodor as a full name, Fyedya as a nickname and Fyedka as a deminitive. Just like Michael - Mike - Mikey.

Answer 4

Fee-ed-ka

Answer 5

As near as I have been able to find anywhere it's pronounced like it's spelled. The closest name I could find was Fyedya and that is pronounced "Fie-dya" so I would assume (I know the adage for assuming) that it is pronounced "Fie-dka"

Answer 6

I remember it as:
Fee ED Kuh

Answer 7

seems as though it would be:

fee-ED-kuh

(and the first syllable should be as short as possible, almost as though the name were two, rather than three, syllables).

Answer 8

ask your teacher, you will see how smart he/she is

Answer 9

F-ee-d-ka ???????
F-ed-ka ??????