balaur

See also: Balaur

Gagauz

Cyrillic		балаур

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian balaur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑˈlɑur/
• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ur

Noun

baláur (definite accusative balauru, plural balaurlar)

1. racer (snake)
2. dragon, serpent

   Synonyms: evrem, zın, ajder, drakon, zmey

Declension

Declension of balaur

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	balaur	balaurlar
definite accusative (belirtme)	balauru	balaurları
dative (yönelme)	balaura	balaurlara
locative (bulunma)	balaurda	balaurlarda
ablative (çıkma)	balaurdan	balaurlardan
genitive (tamlayan)	balaurun	balaurların

Further reading

• Kopuşçu M. İ., Todorova S. A., Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 26
• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “балаур”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 71

Romanian

Alternative forms

• bălaur

Etymology

Uncertain. Akin to Albanian boljë, bollë, bullar. The Albanian may more likely be derived from a Latin term, alternatively, and the Romanian may be taken from it. May also have a relation to Serbo-Croatian blavor, but it is uncertain which language borrowed from which. Another theory suggests Latin belluarius, ultimately from bēlua; however the normal result in Romanian would have been *bălar. Influence from laur may have affected it, but it is uncertain why this analogy would be made.

Noun

balaur m (plural balauri)

1. dragon
2. monster

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	balaur	balaurul	balauri	balaurii
genitive-dative	balaur	balaurului	balauri	balaurilor
vocative	balaurule		balaurilor

Synonyms

• (dragon): zmeu, dragon
• (monster): monstru

Descendants

• → Gagauz: balaur

Further reading

• “balaur”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026