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Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
бу́рый (búryj) + -ка (-ka)
Noun
бу́рка • (búrka) f anim (genitive бу́рки, nominative plural бу́рки, genitive plural бу́рок)
- a liver chestnut horse (a horse with a dark reddish or reddish-brown coat)
Declension
Etymology 2
Disputed.
- According to Vasmer, from Etymology 1, i.e. бу́рый (búryj, “brown”) + -ка (-ka), referring to the garment's color.
- According to Shansky, ultimately from Persian (bärk, “shoulder, shoulder blade”) via the intermediary of one of the languages of the Caucasus and influenced by the Russian term бу́рый (búryj); alternatively, but less likely, from a Turkic source, cf. Turkish börk (“felt hat”) and Turkish bürümek (“to wrap”).
Noun
бу́рка • (búrka) f inan (genitive бу́рки, nominative plural бу́рки, genitive plural бу́рок)
- burka (male garment from the Caucasus)
- (usually in the plural) a felt boot with a leather sole
Declension
Etymology 3
бури́ть (burítʹ, “to bore, to drill”) + -ка (-ka)
Noun
бу́рка • (búrka) f inan (genitive бу́рки, nominative plural бу́рки, genitive plural бу́рок)
- blasthole (the hole into which an explosive charge is inserted for blasting rock)
- Hypernym: шпур (špur)
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бурка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Shansky, N. M. (1965) “бурка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 231
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
бу̑рка f (Latin spelling bȗrka)
- burka, burqa (female garment that covers the whole body)
- burka (male garment from the Caucasus)
Declension
Further reading
- “бурка”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024