obor

• IPA^(key): [ˈobor]

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Deverbal from obrat.

obor m inan (relational adjective oborový)

1. discipline (specific branch of knowledge or learning)

   Synonym: disciplína

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

obor f

1. genitive plural of obora

• “obor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “obor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “obor”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Inherited from Malay obor.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.bɔr/

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• Hyphenation: o‧bor
• Rhymes: -ɔbɔr

obor

1. torch
2. (figurative) torch (a source of enlightenment or guidance)

obor (active mengobor, passive diobor)

1. (transitive) to smoke, fire, or burn with a torch
2. (transitive) to catch fish, eel, frog, etc. with the help of torch
3. (transitive, figurative) to provoke, to make angry

• IPA^(key): [o.bor]
• Rhymes: -bor, -or

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obor (Jawi spelling اوبور, plural obor-obor)

1. torch

   Synonyms: jamung, andang

• Indonesian: obor

• “obor” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Bulgarian обор (obor) or Serbo-Croatian obor.

obor n (plural oboare)

1. (Muntenia, Moldavia (region)) fair, market
2. cattle pen

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oborъ.

obor m inan (Cyrillic spelling обор)

1. cattle pen

From the ethnonym of Pannonian Avars. Compare Old Church Slavonic обри (obri, “Avars”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔbɔr/

obor m pers (genitive singular obra, nominative plural obri, genitive plural obrov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. giant

• obryňa

• obrovský (adjective)

• “obor”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025