𐰋𐰇𐰼𐰃
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Old Turkic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bȫrü. Cognate with Khalaj bö̂ri, Turkish börü, Uyghur بۆرە (böre, “fox”), Bashkir бүре (büre), Shor пӧрӱ (pörü), Khakas пӱӱр (püür), Tuvan бөрү (börü), Yakut бөрө (börö), Dolgan бөрө (börö).
Noun
𐰋𐰇𐰼𐰃 (böri)
- wolf
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 27
- 𐰋𐰇𐰼𐰃:𐰍𐰔𐰃:𐰢𐰾𐰃𐰢𐰃𐰾
- böri:aɣzï:emsimiš
- The wolf' s mouth got poisonous.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 27
References
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “böri”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 320
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “böri”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 52
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “böri”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 356
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bȫrü”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill