бурдей

Ukrainian

Etymology

Possibly from Crimean Tatar [Term?], cognate to Bulgarian бордей (bordej), Romanian bordei.

Alternative forms

• буда (buda)

Noun

бурдей • (burdej)

1. hovel, hut

1. (Canada) a Ukrainian-Canadian vernacular dwelling roughly equivalent to an Anlgo-Canadian sod house or log cabin or a French-Canadian caveau

Related terms

• землянка (zemljanka) (dugout, pit house)), напівземлянка (napivzemljanka) (half dugout), дах на сохах (dax na soxax) (roof on forked posts), чорна хата (čorna xata) (chimney-less house)