burağan
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish بوراغان (burağan, “whirlwind, tornado”) either from bur- (“to twist”) + -ağan (“habitual suffix”), or derived from Proto-Turkic *bora- (“north wind; to snow heavily”), the same root of bora (“squall”).
Noun
editburağan (definite accusative burağanı, plural burağanlar)
- whirlwind, tornado, a violent windstorm characterized by the formation of a vortex of air
- Synonym: hortum
Declension
editInflection | ||
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Nominative | burağan | |
Definite accusative | burağanı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | burağan | burağanlar |
Definite accusative | burağanı | burağanları |
Dative | burağana | burağanlara |
Locative | burağanda | burağanlarda |
Ablative | burağandan | burağanlardan |
Genitive | burağanın | burağanların |
Further reading
edit- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “burağan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 699