пирӹ

Western Mari

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bȫrü. Compare Tatar бүре (büre) and Kazakh бөрі (börı). Cognates include Eastern Mari пире (pire).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpirə̈/
  • Rhymes: -irə̈
  • Hyphenation: пи‧рӹ

Noun

пирӹ • (pirÿ)

  1. wolf

References
  • Savatkova, A. A. (2008) “пирӹ”, in Slovarʹ gornomarijskovo jazyka [Hill Mari language dictionary] (in Russian), Yoshkar-Ola: Mari publisher, →ISBN
  • K. I. Belyaev & P. P. Romashkin (1944) Русско-Марийский Словарь [Russian-Mari Dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Kozmodemyansk: Маргосиздатын Кырык-Мары Филиал, page 42
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