бирюк

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Turkic.[1]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪˈrʲuk]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

бирю́к (birjúkm anim (genitive бирюка́, nominative plural бирюки́, genitive plural бирюко́в)

  1. lone wolf, loner, unsociable person

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bȫrü”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill