zbor

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See also: zboř and zbór

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, most likely Macedonian збор (zbor, word), where the transformation from "meeting, gathering" to "word" occurred in the same way as the Aromanian synonym cuvendã (word) from Latin conventum or Albanian kuvend; compare Proto-Slavic *sъborъ (meeting, gathering) (Serbo-Croatian zbȍr/збо̏р). Akin to zburãscu (speak). Not related to Romanian zbor (flight).

Noun

zbor n (plural zboarã or zboari/zboare/zbori)

  1. word
    Synonyms: cuvendã, grai

See also

Etymology 2

Compare Daco-Romanian zbor. Related to or derived from azboair, or taken from the Romanian word.

Noun

zbor n (plural zboruri)

  1. flight

Romanian

Etymology 1

From the verb zbura. Compare Friulian svol, Romansch sgol, svoul, Sardinian bolu, Catalan and French vol, Italian volo, Spanish vuelo.

Noun

zbor n (plural zboruri)

  1. flight
Declension
Derived terms

Verb

zbor

  1. first-person singular present indicative of zbura

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic съборъ (sŭborŭ), from Proto-Slavic *sъborъ (meeting, gathering). Doublet of sobor.

Noun

zbor n (plural zboruri)

  1. (obsolete) fair, funfair
Declension

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъborъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

zbȍr m (Cyrillic spelling збо̏р)

  1. meeting, gathering
  2. (military) assembly
  3. (Croatia) choir

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъborъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

zbor m inan

  1. (music) choir
  2. body (advisory)

Declension

Further reading

  • zbor”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024