ботур

From Proto-Slavic *bъturь, *boturь (“plant stem, sprout”), an alternative form of *bъtyrь, *bъtarь whence dialectal Russian бата́рь (batárʹ, “weed”). Morphologically formed as боте́я (botéja, “to grow, to flourish”) (dialectal) +‎ -ур (-ur). Further cognate with arch. Bulgarian бът (bǎt, “specter, bat”), бот (bot, “wooden hammer”), dialectal Russian боту́н (botún, “altai onion”).

For the semantic development, compare the akin Proto-Germanic *baumaz (“shoot, sprout”) → English beam.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔtʊr]

бо́тур • (bótur) m (diminutive бо́турче)

1. (originally) young plant stem or shoot (before stiffening) → spur, sprig, tree bough

   Synonyms: кълн (kǎln), (poetic) гран (gran), (dialectal) буда́к (budák)

   Antonym: хвой (hvoj, “stiffen plant stem”)

   1. (dialectal) grass or weed stalk
   2. (by semantic widening) trunk, bole, tree stock

      Synonyms: пън (pǎn), ствол (stvol)

2. (dialectal) sowbread (flower of gen. Cyclamen)
3. (derogatory) bore, dullhead (boring, dull person)

   Synonym: дръвни́к (drǎvník)

• бо́тор (bótor) – dialectal

• бъ́тво (bǎ́tvo, “plant stem”) (dialectal)
• буя́ pf (bujá), буя́я impf (bujája, “to grow rapidly, to go beserk”)
  • буте́я (butéja, “to flourish, to grow rapidly”)
  • бу́рен (búren, “weed”)
  • бу́на (búna, “uprising, rebellion”) (dialectal)

• ботур in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “ботур”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 70
• Nayden Gerov; Тодор Панчев (1908), “бо́туръ”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 32