бурый

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Russian

Etymology

A post-Mongol invasion – attested first in the Praying of Daniel the ImmuredTurkic borrowing of a form bōr or būr applied to bay horses, found in Chagatai بور (bōr, bay horse), Turkish mor / مور (violet) or boz / بوز (gray) reconstructed from Proto-Turkic *boŕ, also in Mongolic, Buryat боро (boro, gray) etc., also in Tungusic, Evenki боро (boro, gray) etc., ultimately of Iranian origin equivalent to Middle Persian (bwl /⁠bōr⁠/, reddish-brown, bay), Persian بور (bôr).

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Adjective

бу́рый (búryj) (comparative (по)буре́е or (по)буре́й)

  1. grayish-brown, dark reddish-brown
  2. brown (of bears, coal)
  3. liver chestnut (of horses)

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Colors in Russian · цвета́ (cvetá) (layout · text)
     бе́лый (bélyj)      се́рый (séryj)      чёрный (čórnyj)
             кра́сный (krásnyj); а́лый (ályj), багро́вый (bagróvyj), пунцо́вый (puncóvyj)              ора́нжевый (oránževyj); кори́чневый (koríčnevyj), бу́рый (búryj)              жёлтый (žóltyj); кре́мовый (krémovyj)
             жё̀лто-зелё́ный (žòlto-zeljónyj), сала́товый (salátovyj), лайм (lajm)              зелёный (zeljónyj)              мя̀тно-зелё́ный (mjàtno-zeljónyj), мя́тный (mjátnyj); тё̀мно-зелё́ный (tjòmno-zeljónyj), изумру́дный (izumrúdnyj)
             бирюзо́вый (birjuzóvyj); зеленова̀то-голубо́й (zelenovàto-golubój)              голубо́й (golubój)              си́ний (sínij)
             лило́вый (lilóvyj); инди́го (indígo)              пурпу́рный (purpúrnyj), мадже́нта (madžénta); фиоле́товый (fiolétovyj)              ро́зовый (rózovyj)

References

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1965) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 19)‎ (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 330 Nr. 780