I can see there are 6 target languages here sc-data/dictionaries/simple at main · suttacentral/sc-data · GitHub which does correspond to
I think you can simply add a new folder in that simple folder and test it. (might have to change the UI if it is not automated)
The best source to build the russian equivalent seems to be GitHub - sasanarakkha/dpd-db-sbs: Digital PÄáž·i Dictionary - SBS and Russian derivation · GitHub
Interestingly GitHub - digitalpalidictionary/dpd-db: Digital PÄáž·i Dictionary · GitHub does not seems to have russian language which seems to have happened after Moving SBS and Russian data out of the repo · Issue #108 · digitalpalidictionary/dpd-db · GitHub in release Release 2025-05-12 · digitalpalidictionary/dpd-db · GitHub
By cloning the first repo, you can generate a script that will create a json file similar to pli2en_dpd.json, i.e. :
[
{
"entry": "ababo",
"definition": [
"ababa 3: masc. <b>(comm) part of the Avīci hell where one must stay an ababa-count in duration</b>"
]
},
{
"entry": "ababÄ",
"definition": [
"ababa 1: nt. name of a purgatory",
"ababa 2: nt. 10â·â¶",
"ababa 3: masc. <b>(comm) part of the Avīci hell where one must stay an ababa-count in duration</b>"
]
},
{
"entry": "abaddhañca",
"definition": [
"abaddhaáč + ca",
"abaddha: pp. <b>not bound; not trapped; unfettered; not imprisoned</b> [na + âbadh + ta]"
]
},
{
"entry": "abaddhe",
"definition": [
"abaddha: pp. <b>not bound; not trapped; unfettered; not imprisoned</b> [na + âbadh + ta]"
]
},
{ ...
You can use your ai of choice for that
I use gemini-cli and prompt:
I want to generate a file pli2ru_dpd.json that is similar to PASTE ABOVE but for russian output using this repo. There should be a script somehwere to help do that, can you exploire this repo and do it
After a few minutes, I have a file, but it is not exctly in the good format, also there are output which are in english:
Which is actually the case on the webiste as well:
If you want I can try to create a better file and could push it to SC repo but I donât have a local build of Suttacentral here at the moment.