веер

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Belarusian

веер

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ве́ер (véjer).

Pronunciation

Noun

ве́ер (vjéjerm inan (genitive ве́ера, nominative plural ве́еры, genitive plural ве́ераў)

  1. fan (a hand-held device that is waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself)
    Synonym: ва́хляр (váxljar)
    • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 278:
      Місіс Ск'ютон спачывала на софе, а Эдзіт моўчкі сядзела воддаль, каля арфы. Маці, забаўляючыся веерам, тайком паглядала на дачку, але дачка панура задумалася, апусціўшы вочы, і перашкаджаць ёй было не варта.
      Misis Skʺjutón spačyvala na sófje, a Edzit móŭčki sjadzjela vóddalʹ, kalja arfy. Maci, zabaŭljajučysja vjejeram, tajkóm pahljadala na dačku, alje dačka panura zadumalasja, apusciŭšy vóčy, i pjeraškadžacʹ joj byló nje varta.

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References

  • Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “веер”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
  • веер”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • веер” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

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веер

Etymology

According to Chernykh, from Dutch waaier in the early 18th century (revocalized under the influence of веять (vejatʹ)), from waaien (to blow), from Middle Dutch wâyen, from Old Dutch *wāien, from Proto-West Germanic *wāan, from Proto-Germanic *wēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (which is also the source of веять).

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Noun

ве́ер (véjerm inan (genitive ве́ера, nominative plural веера́, genitive plural вееро́в)

  1. hand-held fan

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