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 • (birjúkm anim (genitive бирюка́, nominative plural бирюки́, genitive plural бирюко́в)

  1. lone wolf, loner, unsociable person

Declension

References

  1. ^ 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