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Russian
Etymology
From Dutch beurs, possibly via German Börse. First attested in 1717, with an early masculine variant of биржъ in 1705.
Pronunciation
Noun
би́ржа • (bírža) f inan (genitive би́ржи, nominative plural би́ржи, genitive plural бирж, relational adjective биржево́й)
- (finance) exchange, market
1847, Иван Гончаров [Ivan Goncharov], “Часть первая. V”, in Обыкновенная история; English translation from The Same Old Story, (Please provide a date or year):Он вёл себя́ с други́ми, как бога́тый капитали́ст на би́рже с ме́лкими купца́ми, скро́мно и с досто́инством, ду́мая про себя́ «Жа́лкие! кто из вас облада́ет таки́м сокро́вищем, как я? кто так уме́ет чу́вствовать? чья могу́чая душа́…» и проч.- On vjol sebjá s drugími, kak bogátyj kapitalíst na bírže s mélkimi kupcámi, skrómno i s dostóinstvom, dúmaja pro sebjá «Žálkije! kto iz vas obladájet takím sokróviščem, kak ja? kto tak uméjet čúvstvovatʹ? čʹja mogúčaja dušá…» i proč.
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