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Russian
Etymology
Unknown. Attested since the first half of the 17th century. In view of мисю́рка (misjúrka, “a kind of helmet-armour with a net”), Ukrainian місю́рка (misjúrka, “a kind of helmet-armour with a net; glass-pearl”) apparently borrowed from a Turkic language which changes /b/ to /m/, doublet of би́сер (bíser, “beads, pearls”) or whatever Turkic word that armour name hails from.
Pronunciation
Noun
мишура́ • (mišurá) f inan (genitive мишуры́, uncountable)
- tinsel
- (figurative) showiness, window dressing
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Further reading
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “мишура”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 536
- Vasmer, Max (1967) “мишура”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 631