чур

From Proto-Slavic *čurъ.

чур • (čur) m

1. (dialectal) smoke, fume (typically in mobile state)

   Synonyms: дим (dim), пу́шек (púšek)

• чуря́ (čurjá, “to diffuse, to move for smoke”) (dialectal)
• чурла́в (čurláv), чурли́в (čurlív), чорля́в (čorljáv, “reeky, covered in soot”) (dialectal)

• чу́ркам (čúrkam, “to squish”) (dialectal)
  • чу́ркало (čúrkalo), чу́рило (čúrilo, “piston”)
• чуртя́ (čurtjá), шуртя́ (šurtjá), журтя́ (žurtjá, “to splatter”)

• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “чюръ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 568

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕuɾ/
• Rhymes: -uɾ
• Hyphenation: чур

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

чур • (čur)

1. intently, attentively, not blinking, with fixed eyes, fixedly

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чур • (čur) (comparative чуррак)

1. awful, terrible, foul, nasty

Borrowed from Russian чур (čur).

чур • (čur)

1. keep away!, stop!, don't!

   чур, мыйым ит тӱкӧ

   čur, myjym it tükö

   stop, don't touch me

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чур • (čur)

1. moment, instant

   Synonyms: тат (tat), жап (žap)

   чылажат чур годым лийын

   čylažat čur godym ĺijyn

   everything happened in one instant

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “чур”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čurъ.

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃur]

чур • (čur) m

1. smoke

   Synonyms: дим (dim), кад (kad), чад (čad)

• чуръ (čur) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čurъ.

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕur]

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• Rhymes: -ur

чур • (čur) m anim (genitive чу́ра, nominative plural чу́ры, genitive plural чу́ров)

1. (historical) an ancestor
2. (paganism) an idol used in native Slavic religious rites

• щур (ščur), пращур (praščur) (ancestral spirit)
• идол (idol), кумир (kumir) (object used to worship deities)

чур • (čur)

1. (colloquial, in spells) avaunt, away

   чур меня́! ― čur menjá! ― keep away from me!

2. (children's talk, expresses leadership, claim to be the first) bags (it)! (British), dibs

   чур я пе́рвый! ― čur ja pérvyj! ― bags, I go first!

3. (colloquial, expresses a condition) mind you, but mind

   то́лько чур молча́ть! ― tólʹko čur molčátʹ! ― but not a word, mind you!

• → Ingrian: cur