бирюк
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from a Turkic language, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bȫrü. Compare Kazakh бөрі (börı), Tatar бүре (büre).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bʲɪˈrʲuk]
Audio: (file)
Noun
бирю́к • (birjúk) m anim (genitive бирюка́, nominative plural бирюки́, genitive plural бирюко́в)
- lone wolf, loner, unsociable person
Declension
Declension of бирю́к (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-b)
References
- ^ 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