бурка

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈburkə]

Etymology 1

бу́рый (búryj) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Noun

бу́рка • (búrka) f anim (genitive бу́рки, nominative plural бу́рки, genitive plural бу́рок)

1. a liver chestnut horse (a horse with a dark reddish or reddish-brown coat)

Declension

Declension of бу́рка (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	бу́рка búrka	бу́рки búrki
genitive	бу́рки búrki	бу́рок búrok
dative	бу́рке búrke	бу́ркам búrkam
accusative	бу́рку búrku	бу́рок búrok
instrumental	бу́ркой, бу́ркою búrkoj, búrkoju	бу́рками búrkami
prepositional	бу́рке búrke	бу́рках búrkax

Etymology 2

Disputed.

• According to Vasmer, from Etymology 1, i.e. бу́рый (búryj, “brown”) +‎ -ка (-ka), referring to the garment's color.
• According to Shansky, ultimately from Persian [script needed] (bärk, “shoulder, shoulder blade”) via the intermediary of one of the languages of the Caucasus and influenced by the Russian term бу́рый (búryj); alternatively, but less likely, from a Turkic source, cf. Turkish börk (“felt hat”) and Turkish bürümek (“to wrap”).

Noun

бу́рка • (búrka) f inan (genitive бу́рки, nominative plural бу́рки, genitive plural бу́рок)

1. burka (male garment from the Caucasus)
2. (usually in the plural) a felt boot with a leather sole

Declension

Declension of бу́рка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	бу́рка búrka	бу́рки búrki
genitive	бу́рки búrki	бу́рок búrok
dative	бу́рке búrke	бу́ркам búrkam
accusative	бу́рку búrku	бу́рки búrki
instrumental	бу́ркой, бу́ркою búrkoj, búrkoju	бу́рками búrkami
prepositional	бу́рке búrke	бу́рках búrkax

Etymology 3

бури́ть (burítʹ, “to bore, to drill”) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Noun

бу́рка • (búrka) f inan (genitive бу́рки, nominative plural бу́рки, genitive plural бу́рок)

1. blasthole (the hole into which an explosive charge is inserted for blasting rock)

   Hypernym: шпур (špur)

Declension

Declension of бу́рка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	бу́рка búrka	бу́рки búrki
genitive	бу́рки búrki	бу́рок búrok
dative	бу́рке búrke	бу́ркам búrkam
accusative	бу́рку búrku	бу́рки búrki
instrumental	бу́ркой, бу́ркою búrkoj, búrkoju	бу́рками búrkami
prepositional	бу́рке búrke	бу́рках búrkax

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бурка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Shansky, N. M. (1965) “бурка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 231

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bûːrka/

Noun

бу̑рка f (Latin spelling bȗrka)

1. burka, burqa (female garment that covers the whole body)
2. burka (male garment from the Caucasus)

Declension

Declension of бурка

	singular	plural
nominative	бурка	бурке
genitive	бурке	бурка
dative	бурки	буркама
accusative	бурку	бурке
vocative	бурко	бурке
locative	бурки	буркама
instrumental	бурком	буркама

Further reading

• “бурка”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024