balaur

Borrowed from Romanian balaur.

• IPA^(key): /bɑˈlɑur/
• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ur

baláur (definite accusative balauru, plural balaurlar)

1. racer (snake)
2. dragon, serpent

   Synonyms: evrem, zın, ajder, drakon, zmey

• Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 26
• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “балаур”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 71

• bălaur

Uncertain. Akin to Albanian boljë, bollë, bullar. The Albanian may more likely be derived from a Latin term, alternatively, and the Romanian may be taken from it. May also have a relation to Serbo-Croatian blavor, but it is uncertain which language borrowed from which. Another theory suggests Latin belluarius, ultimately from bēlua; however the normal result in Romanian would have been *bălar. Influence from laur may have affected it, but it is uncertain why this analogy would be made.

balaur m (plural balauri)

1. dragon
2. monster

• (dragon): zmeu, dragon
• (monster): monstru

• → Gagauz: balaur

• “balaur”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025