burağan

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بوراغان (burağan, “whirlwind, tornado”) either from bur- (“to twist”) +‎ -ağan (“habitual suffix”), or derived from Proto-Turkic *bora- (“north wind; to snow heavily”), the same root of bora (“squall”).

Noun

burağan (definite accusative burağanı, plural burağanlar)

  1. whirlwind, tornado, a violent windstorm characterized by the formation of a vortex of air
    Synonym: hortum

Declension

Declension of burağan
singular plural
nominative burağan burağanlar
definite accusative burağanı burağanları
dative burağana burağanlara
locative burağanda burağanlarda
ablative burağandan burağanlardan
genitive burağanın burağanların

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