балагур

From ба́ять (bájatʹ) (or related to балабо́л (balaból), балабо́лить (balabólitʹ)) + гу́ркать (gúrkatʹ) (related to го́вор (góvor), говори́ть (govorítʹ)).

For the similar meaning development compare Latin iocus (“a joke, a jest”) from Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak”).

• IPA^(key): [bəɫɐˈɡur]

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балагу́р • (balagúr) m inan (genitive балагу́ра, nominative plural балагу́ры, genitive plural балагу́ров)

1. (colloquial) a man, who speaks in a joking manner, a joker

   Synonym: весельчак (veselʹčak)

• балагу́рить impf (balagúritʹ)
• го́вор m (góvor)
• говори́ть impf (govorítʹ)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “балагур”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “балаболить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 66
• Shansky, N. M. (1965) “балагур”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 19
• Anikin, A. E. (2008) “балагурить”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 117
• Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “балагур”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 23