birok

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See also: bírok and bírók

Hungarian

Etymology

Either from bír +‎ -ok or back-formation from birkózik.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbirok]
  • Hyphenation: bi‧rok

Noun

birok

  1. wrestling, tussle (used only in expressions)

Declension

  • birokra is the only inflected form used.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ birok in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)