μπούρδα

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Greek

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbuɾða/
  • Hyphenation: μπούρ‧δα

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish burda[1] or from French bourde (blunder, error).[2][3]

Noun

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μπούρδα (boúrdaf (plural μπούρδες)

  1. (colloquial, usually in the plural) nonsense, claptrap, poppycock, baloney (meaningless or foolish talk)
    Όλο κάθεται και λέει μπούρδες ο βλάκας.
    Ólo káthetai kai léei boúrdes o vlákas.
    All that fool does is sit there and spout his nonsense.
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Etymology 2

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From Albanian burdhë.

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μπούρδα (boúrdaf (plural μπούρδες)

  1. (colloquial, rare) sack (bag)
    μια μπούρδα αλεύριmia boúrda alévria bag of flour
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Etymology 3

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Inflectional form.

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μπούρδα (boúrdam

  1. Genitive singular form of μπούρδας (boúrdas).

References

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  1. ^ μπούρδα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ μπούρδα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
  3. ^ μπούρδα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre