See also: ثور‎, توژ‎, پور‎, پوز‎, بوز, and تور

ArabicEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From the root ب و ر(b-w-r); compare بَارَ(bāra, to lie fallow).

AdjectiveEdit

بُور (būr)

  1. fallow, uncultivated
  2. stagnant, waste-
DeclensionEdit

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

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
ConjugationEdit

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

بَوْر (bawrm

  1. verbal noun of بَارَ(bāra) (form I)
DeclensionEdit

Etymology 4Edit

Proper nounEdit

بُور (būr?

  1. Bor (a city in South Sudan)

KhalajEdit

AdjectiveEdit

بور (bûor)

  1. Arabic spelling of bûor (nut-brown)

Ottoman TurkishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Arabic بور‎.

AdjectiveEdit

بور (bur)

  1. (of land) unfit for cultivation; waste-
  2. useless

Etymology 2Edit

From Persian بور‎.

AdjectiveEdit

بور (bur)

  1. roan

Etymology 3Edit

From French bore.

NounEdit

بور (bor)

  1. boron

ReferencesEdit

PersianEdit

 
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Etymology 1Edit

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).

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

Dari بور
Iranian Persian
Tajik бӯр (bür)

بور (bur)

  1. fair, blonde
  2. reddish brown, bay
  3. (dialectal) brown

See alsoEdit

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 readingEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From French.

NounEdit

بور (bor)

  1. boron

UrduEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English bore.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

بور (bor) (Hindi spelling बोर)

  1. bored

UshojoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Urdu بور(bōr).

AdjectiveEdit

بور (bōr) (noun)

  1. suffering from boredom

UyghurEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

بور (bor) (plural بورلار(borlar))

  1. a piece of chalk
  2. (geology) Cretaceous period
  3. boron