𐰋𐰇𐰼𐰃

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bȫrü.

cognates

Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐽼𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽳 (pwyrw /⁠börü⁠/), Khalaj bö̂ri, Turkish and Crimean Tatar börü, Uzbek bo‘ri, Kazakh бөрі (börı), Uyghur بۆرە (böre), Bashkir бүре (büre), Shor пӧрӱ (pörü), Khakas пӱӱр (püür), Tuvan бөрү (börü), and Yakut and Dolgan бөрө (börö).

Noun

𐰋𐰇𐰼𐰃 (böri)

1. wolf

Further reading

• Tekin, Talât (1968), “böri”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 320
• Clauson, Gerard (1972), “böri”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 356