From Proto-Turkic *bür (“bud; leaf; grain”).
бөрө • (börö)
singular | plural | |
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absolute | бөрө (börö) | бөрөләр (börölər) |
definite genitive | бөрөнөң (börönöñ) | бөрөләрҙең (börölərźeñ) |
dative | бөрөгә (börögə) | бөрөләргә (börölərgə) |
definite accusative | бөрөнө (börönö) | бөрөләрҙе (börölərźe) |
locative | бөрөлә (börölə) | бөрөләрҙә (börölərźə) |
ablative | бөрөнән (börönən) | бөрөләрҙән (börölərźən) |
From Proto-Turkic *bȫrü.
бөрө • (börö)
From Proto-Turkic *bȫrü, probably "the grey one" (compare Yakut бороҥ (boroñ, “grey”)).
It was an ancient superstition (at least in Eurasia, and possibly elsewhere) that saying the name of a feared animal would invoke that animal (see, for example, the Korean proverb "speak of a tiger and one appears"). See also the etymologies of English wolf (its cognates involve taboo name deformation) and Russian медведь (medvedʹ, “bear”) (literally "the honey-eater").
бөрө • (börö)