بور

See also: ثور‎, توژ‎, پور‎, پوز‎, بوز‎, and تور‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ب و ر‎ (b-w-r); compare بَارَ‎ (bāra, “to lie fallow”).

Adjective

بُور • (būr)

  1. fallow, uncultivated
  2. stagnant, waste-
Declension

Verb

بَوَّرَ • (bawwara) II, non-past يُبَوِّرُ‎‎ (yubawwiru)

  1. to let lie fallow, to leave uncultivated, to leave unsown
  2. to make unprofitable, to make useless
Conjugation

Noun

بَوْر • (bawr) m

  1. verbal noun of بَارَ‎ (bāra) (form I)
Declension

Proper noun

بُور • (būr) ?

  1. Bor (a city in South Sudan)

Khalaj

Adjective

بور (bûor)

  1. Arabic spelling of bûor (“nut-brown”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic بور‎.

Adjective

بور • (bur)

  1. (of land) unfit for cultivation; waste-
  2. useless

Etymology 2

From Persian بور‎.

Adjective

بور • (bur)

  1. roan

Etymology 3

From French bore.

Noun

بور • (bor)

  1. boron

References

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (bwl /bōr/, “reddish-brown, bay [horse]”). Cognate with Ossetian бур (bur, “yellow”), Northern Kurdish bor (“grey”) and the Old Armenian loanword բորենի (boreni, “hyena”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“brown”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /bɵɾ/

Adjective

Dari بور
Iranian Persian
Tajik бӯр (bür)

بور • (bur)

  1. fair, blonde
  2. reddish brown, bay
  3. (dialectal) brown

See also

Colors in Persian · رنگ‌ها‎ (rang-hâ) (layout · text)
     سفید‎ (sefid)      خاکستری‎ (xâkestari), توسی‎ (tusi)      سیاه‎ (siyâh), مشکی‎ (meški)
             سرخ‎ (sorx), قرمز‎ (qermez); زرشکی‎ (zereški)              نارنجی‎ (nârenji); قهوه‌ای‎ (qahve-'i), بور (bur)              زرد‎ (zard); کرم‎ (kerem)
             سبز لیمویی‎ (sabz-e limuyi)              سبز‎ (sabz)             
             آبی دریایی‎ (âbi-ye daryâyi); سبز دودی‎ (sabz-e dudi), فیروزه‌ای‎ (firuze-i)              لاجوردی‎ (lâjvardi)              آبی‎ (âbi), سرمه‌ای‎ (sorme-'i)
             بنفش‎ (banafš); نیلی‎ (nili)              سرخابی‎ (sorxâbi); ارغوانی‎ (arğavâni)              صورتی‎ (surati)

Further reading

Etymology 2

From French.

Noun

بور • (bor)

  1. boron

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from English bore.

Pronunciation

Adjective

بور • (bor) (Hindi spelling बोर)

  1. bored

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu بور‎ (bōr).

Adjective

بور (bōr) (noun)

  1. suffering from boredom

Uyghur

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bor/

Noun

بور • (bor) (plural بورلار‎ (borlar))

  1. a piece of chalk
  2. (geology) Cretaceous period
  3. boron
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