бархан

Borrowed from Kazakh барқан (barqan, “sand dune”).

• IPA^(key): [bɐrˈxan]

барха́н • (barxán) m inan (genitive барха́на, nominative plural барха́ны, genitive plural барха́нов, diminutive барха́нчик)

1. barchan, sand dune (formed by the wind into a crescent shape)
2. (slang, offensive, western Kazakhstan, ethnic slur) Kazakh individual, perceived as rude, uncultured, rural or lacking fluency in Russian.

   Synonym: мамбе́т (mambét)

• → English: barchan

• дю́на (djúna)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бархан”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress