Oladyi may be served with caviar, similarly to blini. Generally, the term "oladyi" in Eastern Slavic cuisines may also denote fritters made with other ingredients, e.g. potato pancakes (картофельные оладьи), carrot fritters (морковные оладьи), bean pancakes (оладьи из бобовых), rice pancakes (рисовые оладьи), summer squash fritters (кабачковые оладьи) etc. Syrniki (quark pancakes) may also be considered a type of oladyi. The Old East Slavic word "oladya" as a proper noun is first attested in 1470. As a dish it is first mentioned in "Domostroy", the 16th-century Russian book of household rules, instructions and advice. The word derives from Ancient Greek ἐλάδιον,
Russian given name short form, formed by adding -a or -ya suffix to a truncated stem of a name: Valer(y) → Valer|a, Fyod(or) → Fed|ya, Rom(an) → Rom|a, Pyot(r) → Pet|ya, Ol(ga) → Ol|ya, Vic(toriya) → Vik|a. Such transformation results in a short word ending with an open syllable, convenient to address or call a person. Russian language has neutral suffixes that are used (sometimes with -a and -ya) with more radically truncated stems: Unrestrained derivation of new names made possible coexistence of multiple short forms of the same name. For example, Irina → Rina, Risha, Irisha, Ina; Vitaliy → Vitalya, Vita, Vitya,