borsa

See also: borša

Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin bursa. Doublet of bossa (“bag”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbor.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈboɾ.sa]

Noun

borsa f (plural borses)

1. stock exchange

Derived terms

• borsari
• borsista

Further reading

• “borsa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “borsa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “borsa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Hungarian

Etymology

bors +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈborʃɒ]
• Hyphenation: bor‧sa

Noun

borsa

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of bors

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	borsa	—
accusative	borsát	—
dative	borsának	—
instrumental	borsával	—
causal-final	borsáért	—
translative	borsává	—
terminative	borsáig	—
essive-formal	borsaként	—
essive-modal	borsául	—
inessive	borsában	—
superessive	borsán	—
adessive	borsánál	—
illative	borsába	—
sublative	borsára	—
allative	borsához	—
elative	borsából	—
delative	borsáról	—
ablative	borsától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	borsáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	borsáéi	—

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Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbor.sa/

• Audio:

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• Audio (la borsa):

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• Rhymes: -orsa
• Hyphenation: bór‧sa

Noun

borsa f (plural borse)

1. bag, handbag, purse, briefcase

   Synonym: borsetta

2. scholarship, bursary
3. stock market

   Synonym: borsa valori

4. (by extension) market, exchange
5. (anatomy) bursa
6. (zoology) pouch

   Synonym: marsupio

7. (ecclesiastical) burse
8. sporran (bag attached on kilt front side)

Derived terms

• borsa del ghiaccio
• borsa dell'acqua calda
• borsa di studio
• borsa nera
• borsaio
• borsone
• imborsare

 

Related terms

• borsa scrotale
• borsaiolo
• borsata
• borse sotto gli occhi
• borseggiare
• borsello
• borsista
• borsite
• mettere mano alla borsa
• tirare i cordoni della borsa

 

Descendants

• → Slovene: borša
• → Armenian: բորսա (borsa)
• → Ottoman Turkish: پارسه (parsa), پارسا (parsa)
  • Turkish: parsa
• → Ottoman Turkish: بورسه (borsa), بورسا (borsa)
  • Turkish: borsa

Further reading

• borsa¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• borsa² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• braso, brasò, sorba