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Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuɾða/
- Hyphenation: μπούρ‧δα
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish burda or from French bourde (“blunder, error”).
Noun
μπούρδα • (boúrda) f (plural μπούρδες)
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) nonsense, claptrap, poppycock, baloney (meaningless or foolish talk)
Όλο κάθεται και λέει μπούρδες ο βλάκας.- Ólo káthetai kai léei boúrdes o vlákas.
- All that fool does is sit there and spout his nonsense.
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Etymology 2
From Albanian burdhë.
Noun
μπούρδα • (boúrda) f (plural μπούρδες)
- (colloquial, rare) sack (bag)
- μια μπούρδα αλεύρι ― mia boúrda alévri ― a bag of flour
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Etymology 3
Inflectional form.
Noun
μπούρδα • (boúrda) m
- Genitive singular form of μπούρδας (boúrdas).
References
- ^ “μπούρδα”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
- ^ μπούρδα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
- ^ μπούρδα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre