بور

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

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ب و ر (b w r)
2 terms

Compare بَارَ (bāra, “to lie fallow”).

Adjective

بُور • (būr)

1. fallow, uncultivated
2. stagnant, waste-

Declension

Declension of adjective بُور (būr)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	بُور būr	الْبُور al-būr	بُورَة būra	الْبُورَة al-būra
nominative	بُورٌ būrun	الْبُورُ al-būru	بُورَةٌ būratun	الْبُورَةُ al-būratu
accusative	بُورًا būran	الْبُورَ al-būra	بُورَةً būratan	الْبُورَةَ al-būrata
genitive	بُورٍ būrin	الْبُورِ al-būri	بُورَةٍ būratin	الْبُورَةِ al-būrati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	بُورَيْن būrayn	الْبُورَيْن al-būrayn	بُورَتَيْن būratayn	الْبُورَتَيْن al-būratayn
nominative	بُورَانِ būrāni	الْبُورَانِ al-būrāni	بُورَتَانِ būratāni	الْبُورَتَانِ al-būratāni
accusative	بُورَيْنِ būrayni	الْبُورَيْنِ al-būrayni	بُورَتَيْنِ būratayni	الْبُورَتَيْنِ al-būratayni
genitive	بُورَيْنِ būrayni	الْبُورَيْنِ al-būrayni	بُورَتَيْنِ būratayni	الْبُورَتَيْنِ al-būratayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	?	?	بُورَات būrāt	الْبُورَات al-būrāt
nominative	?	?	بُورَاتٌ būrātun	الْبُورَاتُ al-būrātu
accusative	?	?	بُورَاتٍ būrātin	الْبُورَاتِ al-būrāti
genitive	?	?	بُورَاتٍ būrātin	الْبُورَاتِ al-būrāti

Etymology 2

Verb

بَوَّرَ • (bawwara) II (non-past يُبَوِّرُ (yubawwiru), verbal noun تَبْوِير (tabwīr))

1. to let lie fallow, to leave uncultivated, to leave unsown
2. to make unprofitable, to make useless

Conjugation

    Conjugation of بَوَّرَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَبْوِير)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَبْوِير tabwīr
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُبَوِّر mubawwir
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُبَوَّر mubawwar
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	بَوَّرْتُ bawwartu	بَوَّرْتَ bawwarta	بَوَّرَ bawwara		بَوَّرْتُمَا bawwartumā	بَوَّرَا bawwarā		بَوَّرْنَا bawwarnā	بَوَّرْتُمْ bawwartum	بَوَّرُوا bawwarū
	f		بَوَّرْتِ bawwarti	بَوَّرَتْ bawwarat			بَوَّرَتَا bawwaratā			بَوَّرْتُنَّ bawwartunna	بَوَّرْنَ bawwarna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُبَوِّرُ ʔubawwiru	تُبَوِّرُ tubawwiru	يُبَوِّرُ yubawwiru		تُبَوِّرَانِ tubawwirāni	يُبَوِّرَانِ yubawwirāni		نُبَوِّرُ nubawwiru	تُبَوِّرُونَ tubawwirūna	يُبَوِّرُونَ yubawwirūna
	f		تُبَوِّرِينَ tubawwirīna	تُبَوِّرُ tubawwiru			تُبَوِّرَانِ tubawwirāni			تُبَوِّرْنَ tubawwirna	يُبَوِّرْنَ yubawwirna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُبَوِّرَ ʔubawwira	تُبَوِّرَ tubawwira	يُبَوِّرَ yubawwira		تُبَوِّرَا tubawwirā	يُبَوِّرَا yubawwirā		نُبَوِّرَ nubawwira	تُبَوِّرُوا tubawwirū	يُبَوِّرُوا yubawwirū
	f		تُبَوِّرِي tubawwirī	تُبَوِّرَ tubawwira			تُبَوِّرَا tubawwirā			تُبَوِّرْنَ tubawwirna	يُبَوِّرْنَ yubawwirna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُبَوِّرْ ʔubawwir	تُبَوِّرْ tubawwir	يُبَوِّرْ yubawwir		تُبَوِّرَا tubawwirā	يُبَوِّرَا yubawwirā		نُبَوِّرْ nubawwir	تُبَوِّرُوا tubawwirū	يُبَوِّرُوا yubawwirū
	f		تُبَوِّرِي tubawwirī	تُبَوِّرْ tubawwir			تُبَوِّرَا tubawwirā			تُبَوِّرْنَ tubawwirna	يُبَوِّرْنَ yubawwirna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		بَوِّرْ bawwir			بَوِّرَا bawwirā				بَوِّرُوا bawwirū
	f		بَوِّرِي bawwirī							بَوِّرْنَ bawwirna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	بُوِّرْتُ buwwirtu	بُوِّرْتَ buwwirta	بُوِّرَ buwwira		بُوِّرْتُمَا buwwirtumā	بُوِّرَا buwwirā		بُوِّرْنَا buwwirnā	بُوِّرْتُمْ buwwirtum	بُوِّرُوا buwwirū
	f		بُوِّرْتِ buwwirti	بُوِّرَتْ buwwirat			بُوِّرَتَا buwwiratā			بُوِّرْتُنَّ buwwirtunna	بُوِّرْنَ buwwirna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُبَوَّرُ ʔubawwaru	تُبَوَّرُ tubawwaru	يُبَوَّرُ yubawwaru		تُبَوَّرَانِ tubawwarāni	يُبَوَّرَانِ yubawwarāni		نُبَوَّرُ nubawwaru	تُبَوَّرُونَ tubawwarūna	يُبَوَّرُونَ yubawwarūna
	f		تُبَوَّرِينَ tubawwarīna	تُبَوَّرُ tubawwaru			تُبَوَّرَانِ tubawwarāni			تُبَوَّرْنَ tubawwarna	يُبَوَّرْنَ yubawwarna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُبَوَّرَ ʔubawwara	تُبَوَّرَ tubawwara	يُبَوَّرَ yubawwara		تُبَوَّرَا tubawwarā	يُبَوَّرَا yubawwarā		نُبَوَّرَ nubawwara	تُبَوَّرُوا tubawwarū	يُبَوَّرُوا yubawwarū
	f		تُبَوَّرِي tubawwarī	تُبَوَّرَ tubawwara			تُبَوَّرَا tubawwarā			تُبَوَّرْنَ tubawwarna	يُبَوَّرْنَ yubawwarna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُبَوَّرْ ʔubawwar	تُبَوَّرْ tubawwar	يُبَوَّرْ yubawwar		تُبَوَّرَا tubawwarā	يُبَوَّرَا yubawwarā		نُبَوَّرْ nubawwar	تُبَوَّرُوا tubawwarū	يُبَوَّرُوا yubawwarū
	f		تُبَوَّرِي tubawwarī	تُبَوَّرْ tubawwar			تُبَوَّرَا tubawwarā			تُبَوَّرْنَ tubawwarna	يُبَوَّرْنَ yubawwarna

Etymology 3

Noun

بَوْر • (bawr) m

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

Declension

Declension of noun بَوْر (bawr)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَوْر bawr	الْبَوْر al-bawr	بَوْر bawr
nominative	بَوْرٌ bawrun	الْبَوْرُ al-bawru	بَوْرُ bawru
accusative	بَوْرًا bawran	الْبَوْرَ al-bawra	بَوْرَ bawra
genitive	بَوْرٍ bawrin	الْبَوْرِ al-bawri	بَوْرِ bawri

Etymology 4

Proper noun

بُور • (būr) ?

1. Bor (a city in South Sudan)

Etymology 5

From French port.

Noun

بُور • (būr)

1. Synonym of مَرْفَأ (marfaʔ, “port, harbor”) used only in place names

Derived terms

• بُورْسَعِيد (būrsaʕīd, “Port Said”)
• بُور سُودَان (būr sūdān, “Port Sudan”)

Khalaj

Adjective

بور (bûor)

1. Arabic spelling of bûor (“nut-brown”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic بُور (būr).

Adjective

بور • (bur)

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

Etymology 2

From Persian بور.

Adjective

بور • (bur)

1. roan

Etymology 3

From French bore.

Noun

بور • (bor)

1. boron

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بور”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 282
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 393

Persian

Etymology 1

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [boːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [boːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [boːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [boːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bʊːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [buːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɵɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	bōr
Dari reading?	bōr
Iranian reading?	bur
Tajik reading?	bür

Adjective

Dari	بور
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бӯр

بور • (bur)

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

Descendants

• → Khalaj: bûor

See also

Colors, Iranian Persian

Colors in Persian · رَنْگ‌هَا (rang-hâ) (layout · text)

سِفید (sefid)	خَاکِسْتَری (xâkestari), توسی (tusi)	سِیَاه (siyâh), مِشْکی (meški)
سُرْخ (sorx), قِرْمِز (ğermez); زِرِشْکی (zereški)	نَارِنْجی (nârenji); قَهْوِه‌ای (ğahve-i), بور (bur)	زَرْد (zard); کِرِم (kerem)
سَبْزِ لیمویی (sabz-e limuyi)	سَبْز (sabz)
آبیِ دَرْیَایی (âbi-ye daryâyi); سَبْزِ دودی (sabz-e dudi), فیروزِه‌ای (firuze-i)	لَاجْوَرْدی (lâjvardi)	آبی (âbi), سُرْمِه‌ای (sorme-i)
بَنَفْش (banafš); نیلی (nili)	سُرْخَابی (sorxâbi); اَرْغَوَانی (arğavâni)	صورَتی (surati)

Colors, Dari Persian

Colors in Persian · رَنْگ‌هَا (rang-hā) (layout · text)

سَفید (safēd)	خَاکِسْتَرِی (xākistarī), فولَادِی (fōlādī)	سِیَاه (siyāh), مُشْکِی (muškī)
سُرْخ (surx); قِرْمِزِی (qirmizī)	نَارَنْجِی (nāranjī); نَسْوَارِی (naswārī), بور (bōr), قَهْوَه‌یِی (qahwa-yī)	زَرْد (zard); کِرِیمِی (kirīmī)
سَبْزِ لِیمُویِی (sabz-i līmūyī)	سَبْز (sabz)	سَبْزِ آبِی (sabz-i ābī)
آبِیِ دَرْیَایِی (ābī-yi daryāyī); سَبْزِ دُودِی (sabz-i dūdī), فیروزَه‌یِی (fērōza-yī)	آسْمَانِی (āsmānī)	آبِی (ābī), آبِیِ تِیرَه (ābī-yi tīra)
بِنَفْش (binafš); نِیلِی (nīlī)	سُرْخَابِی (surxābī); اَرْغَوَانِی (arğawānī), بَانْجَانِی (bānjānī)	گُلَابِی (gulābī)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “بور”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “bōr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 19
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 189
• Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 152

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bore.

Noun

بور • (bor)

1. boron

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from English bore.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /boːɾ/

Adjective

بور • (bor) (Hindi spelling बोर)

1. bored

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu بور (bōr).

Adjective

بور (bōr) (noun)

1. suffering from boredom

Uyghur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bor/

Etymology 1

From Chagatai بور (bor), from Proto-Turkic *bōr. Cognates with Bashkir бур (bur), Kazakh бор (bor), Tatar акбур (aqbur), aqbur, Uzbek boʻr.

Noun

بور • (bor) (plural بورلار (borlar))

1. chalk

   Synonym: ئاقبور (aqbor)

Etymology 2

Chemical element
B
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Next: كاربون (karbon) (C)

From Russian бор (bor).

Noun

بور • (bor) (plural بورلار (borlar))

1. (chemistry) boron

Further reading

• Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN