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Etymology

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From Turkic.[1]

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bʲɪˈrʲuk]
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Noun

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бирю́к (birjúkm anim (genitive бирюка́, nominative plural бирюки́, genitive plural бирюко́в)

  1. lone wolf, loner, unsociable person

Declension

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References

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