borzoi

See also: borzói

English

Borzois a.k.a. Russian wolfhounds

Alternative forms

• Zoi (clipping, slang)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian борзо́й (borzój), from бо́рзый (bórzyj, “swift”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (whence English brief, brace and merry).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔː.zɔɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɹ.zɔɪ/

Noun

borzoi (plural borzois or borzoi)

1. A dog of a particular breed, similar in shape to a greyhound but with longer silkier hair.

   Synonyms: Russian Hunting Sighthound, Russian Wolfhound, (internet slang, affectionate) noodle, (internet slang, affectionate) hose goat, (internet slang, affectionate) longboye

   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 171:

     Pia loves Rob, she had written it with her lipstick on the walls of the vespasienne in the Rue Colombe, waiting for him to finish, holding her pampered borzoi on the leash.

Descendants

• → Malay: borzoi
• → Thai: บอร์ซอย

Translations

breed of dog

• Arabic: بُورْزُوي m (burzuy)
• Bashkir: бурҙайы (borðayı)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 俄國狼狗 / 俄国狼狗 (Éguó lánggǒu), 伯若犬 (Bóruò quǎn), 俄羅斯狼犬 / 俄罗斯狼犬 (Èluósī láng quǎn)

• Czech: barzoj (cs)
• Esperanto: rusa leporhundo
• Finnish: venäjänvinttikoira
• French: barzoï (fr) m, lévrier russe (fr) m
• German: Barsoi (de) m, Russischer Jagdwindhund m
• Hebrew: בורזוי
• Hungarian: orosz agár, barzoj
• Italian: barzoi m
• Japanese: ボルゾイ (boruzoi)
• Korean: 보르조이 (boreujoi)
• Malay: borzoi, anjing serigala Rusia
• Manx: coo Rooshagh m
• Marathi: बॉरझॉई (bŏrjhŏī)
• Polish: borzoj m
• Portuguese: borzói m, borzoi m
• Romanian: barzoi m
• Russian: борза́я (ru) f (borzája)
• Slovak: ruský chrt m
• Southern Altai: аҥчы ийттер (aŋčï iytter)
• Spanish: borzoi m, lebrel ruso para la caza m
• Tatar: бурзай (tt) (burzay)
• Thai: บอร์ซอย
• Turkish: borzoy
• Ukrainian: російський псовий хорт m (rosijsʹkyj psovyj xort), хорт (uk) m (xort), російський хорт m (rosijsʹkyj xort)

Further reading

• borzoi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Ziobro

Malay

Etymology

From English borzoi, from Russian борзо́й (borzój), from борзый (borzyj, “swift”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ(r)zoi̯/
• Rhymes: -zoi̯, -oi̯

Noun

borzoi (plural borzoi-borzoi)

1. borzoi (breed of dog)

Synonyms

• anjing serigala Rusia

Portuguese

Noun

borzoi m (plural borzois)

1. alternative form of borzói

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Russian борзо́й (borzój).

Noun

borzoi m (plural borzoi)

1. borzoi (dog breed)