бура

Bashkir

Etymology

Compare to Karakhanid (buğra-, “to split, cleave”); Chuvash пура (pura, “framework of a log house; grain barn”), Tatar бура (bura, “framework of a log house”), Kazakh бора (bora, “grain barn”).

Perhaps a borrowing from an Oghur source, compare the Chuvash entry.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: бу‧ра

Noun

бура • (bura)

1. framework / carcass of log house (consisting of several tiers of hewn logs placed one on top of another in a rectangular set)

   Бураны күтәреп, башын япҡас, бүрәнә ярыҡтарына мүк тултыралар.

   Buranı kütərep, başın yapqas, bürənə yarıqtarına mük tultıralar.

   After the carcass of log house is completed (up to its intended height) and roofed, the slits between logs are filled with moss.

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References

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *buřa.

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Noun

бу́ра • (búra) f inan (genitive бу́ры, nominative plural бу́ры, genitive plural бур)

1. (meteorology) storm, tempest

Declension

References

• “бура” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buřa.

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• Hyphenation: бу‧ра
• Rhymes: -uɾa

Noun

бура • (bura) f (plural бури, relational adjective бурен)

1. (meteorology) bora, gale (wind)
2. (meteorology) storm, tempest
3. (figuratively) an event that causes much stir, passion and changes

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References

• “бура” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Russian

Etymology 1

From Persian بوره (bure, “borax”).

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Noun

бура́ • (burá) f inan (genitive буры́, uncountable)

1. borax
   • Александр Солженицын, Матренин двор 1968:

     приноси́л я из хими́ческого кабине́та буры́, и, сме́шивая с те́стом, мы тарака́нов трави́ли

     prinosíl ja iz ximíčeskovo kabinéta burý, i, sméšivaja s téstom, my tarakánov travíli

     From the chemical lab I brought borax and, mixing it with paste, we hunted the cockroaches

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Etymology 2

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Noun

бу́ра • (búra) m anim or m inan

1. inflection of бур (bur):
   1. genitive singular
   2. animate accusative singular

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buřa, akin to Bulgarian and Russian буря (burja), Slovene burja, Slovak búrka and búrať (“to crush”). Non-Slavic cognates include Old Norse byrr (“fair wing”), Latin furo (“I rage, rave”), Sanskrit भुरति (bhurati, “stir, palpitate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bûra/
• Hyphenation: бу‧ра

Noun

бу̏ра f (Latin spelling bȕra)

1. bora (wind)

   Бура јача. - The bora is growing strong.

   Бура слаби. - The bora is growing weak.

2. (figuratively) an event that causes much stir, passion and changes

   Њен долазак је изазвао буру негодовања. - Her arrival caused a lot of disapproval.

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