بوراغان

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Ottoman Turkish

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بوراغان

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Perhaps from بور (bur-, to twist) + ـغان (-ğan, -ağan, habitual suffix): compare اولاغان (olağan) and یتاغان (yatağan) with the same suffix. Alternatively, from a derivation of Proto-Turkic *bora- (north wind; to snow heavily), the same root of بورا (bora, squall, tempest); cognate with Bashkir буран (buran), Crimean Tatar boran, Kazakh боран (boran), Kyrgyz бороон (boroon) and Turkmen boran. Also compare Mongolian бороон (boroon, rain), which derives from Classical Mongolian ᠪᠣᠷᠣᠭᠠᠨ (boroɣan).

Noun

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بوراغان (burağan)

  1. whirlwind, tornado, a violent windstorm characterized by the formation of a vortex of air
    Synonyms: زوبعه (zevbaʿa), طولومبه (tulumba), قاصرغه (kasırga)
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Descendants

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  • Turkish: burağan

Further reading

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