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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