Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بلور (billur), from Arabic بِلَّوْر (billawr). Compare English beryl.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bǐʎuːr/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ljur

Noun

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bìljūr m (Cyrillic spelling бѝљӯр)

  1. mountain crystal

Declension

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References

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  • biljur”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 143