buraz

Galician

Buraces / panchos / ollomoles / besugos

Alternative forms

  • guraz

Etymology

Attested since the 16th century. Unknown; perhaps from Latin vorax.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈɾaθ/, (western) /buˈɾas/

Noun

buraz m (plural buraces)

  1. blackspot seabream (younger specimens)
    Synonyms: pancho, panchoz
    • 1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:
      burazinos / panchozes tamañiños / Va jiba ou maragota / e si acasso ben pijota
      little blackspot sea breams and well sized axillary sea brams / With cuttlefish and ballan wrasse / and maybe also hake

References

  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “voraz”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish برادر (birâder) from Persian برادر (barâdar, berâdar), ultimately from the same Indo-European origin as brȁt.

Noun

buràz or buráz m (Cyrillic spelling бура̀з or бура́з)

  1. (usually Croatia, slang) bro, brother, broski
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