bokor

English

Noun

bokor (plural bokors)

1. Alternative form of bocor.

Anagrams

• Borko, Borok, Brook, brook, obrok

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• bukor (regional; currently only as a surname)

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbokor]
• Hyphenation: bo‧kor
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

bokor (plural bokrok)

1. bush, shrub

   Synonym: cserje

   Coordinate terms: fa, fű

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	bokor	bokrok
accusative	bokrot	bokrokat
dative	bokornak	bokroknak
instrumental	bokorral	bokrokkal
causal-final	bokorért	bokrokért
translative	bokorrá	bokrokká
terminative	bokorig	bokrokig
essive-formal	bokorként	bokrokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bokorban	bokrokban
superessive	bokron	bokrokon
adessive	bokornál	bokroknál
illative	bokorba	bokrokba
sublative	bokorra	bokrokra
allative	bokorhoz	bokrokhoz
elative	bokorból	bokrokból
delative	bokorról	bokrokról
ablative	bokortól	bokroktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	bokoré	bokroké
non-attributive possessive – plural	bokoréi	bokrokéi

Possessive forms of bokor

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bokrom	bokraim
2nd person sing.	bokrod	bokraid
3rd person sing.	bokra	bokrai
1st person plural	bokrunk	bokraink
2nd person plural	bokrotok	bokraitok
3rd person plural	bokruk	bokraik

Derived terms

• bokros → bokrosít, bokrosodik → megbokrosodik

Compound words with this term at the beginning

• bokorbab
• bokorrózsa
• bokortanya
• bokorugró

Compound words with this term at the end

• árkon-bokron
• csipkebokor
• fenyőbokor
• fűzbokor (fűzfabokor)
• halászbokor
• képzőbokor
• málnabokor
• mogyoróbokor
• orgonabokor
• rekettyebokor
• ribiszkebokor, ribizlibokor
• rózsabokor
• sombokor
• szederbokor
• tanyabokor
• tövisbokor
• tüskebokor

Further reading

• bokor in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• bokor in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bokor.

Noun

bokor (plural bokor-bokor)

1. wide-sided bowl (mostly made of metal)

Malay

Alternative forms

• tembokor

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boko(r)/
• Rhymes: -oko(r), -ko(r), -o(r)

Noun

bokor (Jawi spelling بوکور, plural bokor-bokor or bokor²)

1. Wide-sided bowl (mostly made of metal)

Descendants

• Balinese: bokor
• Indonesian: bokor
• Javanese: bokor
• Old Javanese: bokor
• Sasak: bokor
• Sundanese: bokor

Further reading

• "bokor" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Ternate

Etymology

From Indonesian bokor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbo.koɾ]

Noun

bokor

1. basin

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh