See also: Balaur

Gagauz

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Cyrillic балаур

Etymology

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Borrowed from Romanian balaur.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɑˈlɑur/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ur

Noun

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baláur (definite accusative balauru, plural balaurlar)

  1. racer (snake)
  2. dragon, serpent
    Synonyms: evrem, zın, ajder, drakon, zmey

Declension

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Declension of balaur
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) balaur balaurlar
definite accusative (belirtme) balauru balaurları
dative (yönelme) balaura balaurlara
locative (bulunma) balaurda balaurlarda
ablative (çıkma) balaurdan balaurlardan
genitive (tamlayan) balaurun balaurların

Further reading

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  • Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 26
  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “балаур”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 71

Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Akin to Albanian boljë, bollë, bullar. The Albanian may more likely be derived from a Latin term, alternatively, and the Romanian may be taken from it. May also have a relation to Serbo-Croatian blavor, but it is uncertain which language borrowed from which. Another theory suggests Latin belluarius, ultimately from bēlua; however the normal result in Romanian would have been *bălar. Influence from laur may have affected it, but it is uncertain why this analogy would be made.

Noun

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balaur m (plural balauri)

  1. dragon
  2. monster

Declension

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Declension of balaur
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative balaur balaurul balauri balaurii
genitive-dative balaur balaurului balauri balaurilor
vocative balaurule balaurilor

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Gagauz: balaur

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