бирюк

Russian

Etymology

From Turkic.[1]

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪˈrʲuk]
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Noun

бирю́к • (birjúk) m anim (genitive бирюка́, nominative plural бирюки́, genitive plural бирюко́в)

  1. lone wolf, loner, unsociable person

Declension

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bȫrü”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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