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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *burьjanъ. Cognate with Ukrainian бур'ян (burʺjan), Bulgarian бурен (buren), Polish burzan and Slovak burina.
Pronunciation
Noun
бурья́н • (burʹján) m inan (genitive бурья́на, nominative plural бурья́ны, genitive plural бурья́нов)
- wild grass (steppe); (tall) weeds
1888, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], “I”, in Степь; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Steppe, 1919:Сжа́тая рожь, бурья́н, молоча́й, ди́кая конопля́ — всё, побуре́вшее от зно́я, ры́жее и полумё́ртвое, тепе́рь омы́тое росо́ю и обла́сканное со́лнцем, ожива́ло, чтоб вновь зацвести́.- Sžátaja rožʹ, burʹján, moločáj, díkaja konopljá — vsjo, poburévšeje ot znója, rýžeje i polumjórtvoje, tepérʹ omýtoje rosóju i obláskannoje sólncem, oživálo, štob vnovʹ zacvestí.
- The cut rye, the coarse steppe grass, the milkwort, the wild hemp, all withered from the sultry heat, turned brown and half dead, now washed by the dew and caressed by the sun, revived, to fade again.
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