бөрө

Bashkir

Бөрө

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bür (“bud; leaf; grain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʏ̞ˈrʏ̞]

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• Hyphenation: бө‧рө

Noun

бөрө • (börö)

1. bud, a newly formed leaf that has not yet unfolded.

Declension

Inflection of бөрө (börö)

	singular	plural
absolute	бөрө (börö)	бөрөләр (börölär)
definite genitive	бөрөнөң (börönöŋ)	бөрөләрҙең (börölärðeŋ)
dative	бөрөгә (börögä)	бөрөләргә (börölärgä)
definite accusative	бөрөнө (börönö)	бөрөләрҙе (börölärðe)
locative	бөрөлә (börölä)	бөрөләрҙә (börölärðä)
ablative	бөрөнән (börönän)	бөрөләрҙән (börölärðän)

Dolgan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bȫrü.

Noun

бөрө • (börö)

1. wolf

Yakut

Etymology

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").

Noun

бөрө • (börö)

1. wolf

Derived terms

• бөрө оҕото (börö oğoto, “wolf cub”)
• бөрө тириитэ (börö tiriite, “wolf skin, wolf pelt”)
• сур бөрө (sur börö, “grey wolf”)
• тыһы бөрө (tıhı börö) or ийэ бөрө (iye börö), both meaning "she-wolf"