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Russian
Etymology
Possibly from Baltic, see Latvian burkāns.
Pronunciation
Noun
борка́н • (borkán) m inan (genitive борка́на, nominative plural борка́ны, genitive plural борка́нов)
- (regional, obsolete, Novgorod, Pskov, Tver) carrot
- Synonym: (regular term) морко́вь (morkóvʹ)
Declension
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “боркан”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress