burra

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बड़ा (baṛā, “large, important”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌɹə/
• Rhymes: -ʌɹə

Adjective

burra (not comparable)

1. (India) Big or important, used as a respectful honorific.

   Synonym: bada

   • 1997, John H. Esterline, Mae H. Esterline, Innocents Abroad: How We Won the Cold War, page 27:

     The most burra of burra sahibs resided in spacious, columned villas within the exclusive enclave of Alipore.

   • 2017, Lila Lee, The Lotus Blossom:

     Later she served the curried meal on an English blue and white flow-blue platter. “Spicy like my Maharanee. A burra meal, fit for a prince of India!”

Derived terms

• burra-khana

Further reading

• “burra”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “burra”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Albanian

Noun

burra m pl

1. indefinite plural of burrë

Asturian

Noun

burra f (plural burres)

1. donkey (a domestic animal)

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English burre, perhaps from Old English byrst (“bristle”).

Noun

burra m (genitive singular burra, nominative plural burraí)

1. (engineering, metallurgy) burr
2. Alternative form of barra (“bar; (sand)bar; tack”)

Declension

Declension of burra

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative burra burraí Vocative a bhurra a bhurraí Genitive burra burraí Dative burra burraí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an burra na burraí Genitive an bhurra na mburraí Dative leis an mburra don bhurra leis na burraí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
burra	bhurra	mburra
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “burra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From burrus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbur.ra/, [ˈbʊrːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbur.ra/, [ˈburːä]

Noun

burra f (genitive burrae); first declension

1. A small cow with a red mouth or muzzle
2. A shaggy garment
   1. (Late Latin) (plural) trifles, nonsense

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	burra	burrae
Genitive	burrae	burrārum
Dative	burrae	burrīs
Accusative	burram	burrās
Ablative	burrā	burrīs
Vocative	burra	burrae

Descendants

• Catalan: borra, ⇒ borró
• Old French: boure, borre, *bure
  • French: bourre, bure
• Galician: borra, burel
• Italian: borra
• Portuguese: borra, burel
• Spanish: borra
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *burrio
  • Old French: bourjon
    • French: bourgeon
    • Middle English: burjon
      • English: burgeon
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *burrula
  • Catalan: borla
  • Galician: bolra
  • Italian: burla
  • Portuguese: borla
  • Spanish: borla

Adjective

burra

1. inflection of burrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

References

• “burra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• burra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• burra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʁɐ/ [ˈbu.hɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʁɐ/ [ˈbu.hɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʁɐ/ [ˈbu.χɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʁa/ [ˈbu.ha]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʁɐ/

• Hyphenation: bur‧ra

Adjective

burra

1. feminine singular of burro

Noun

burra f (plural burras)

1. female equivalent of burro

Spanish

Etymology

Feminine of burro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbura/ [ˈbu.ra]
• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: bu‧rra

Noun

burra f (plural burras)

1. female equivalent of burro; jenny, jenny-ass, she-ass
2. (colloquial) bicycle

See also

• borra

Adjective

burra

1. feminine singular of burro

Further reading

• “burro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Likely onomatopoeic.

Verb

burra (present burrar, preterite burrade, supine burrat, imperative burra)

1. ruffle

Usage notes

Normally with particle upp.

Conjugation

Conjugation of burra (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	burra		burras
Supine	burrat		burrats
Imperative	burra		—
Imper. plural1	burren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	burrar	burrade	burras	burrades
Ind. plural1	burra	burrade	burras	burrades
Subjunctive2	burre	burrade	burres	burrades
	Participles
Present participle	burrande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Further reading

• burra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• burra upp in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Anagrams

• burar