balaur

== Gagauz == === Etymology === Borrowed from Romanian balaur. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɑˈlɑur/ Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ur === Noun === baláur (definite accusative balauru, plural balaurlar) racer (snake) dragon, serpent Synonyms: evrem, zın, ajder, drakon, zmey ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Kopuşçu M. İ., Todorova S. A., Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 26 N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “балаур”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 71 == Romanian == === Alternative forms === bălaur === Etymology === Uncertain. Akin to Albanian boljë, bollë, bullar. The Albanian may more likely be derived from a Latin term, alternatively, and the Romanian may be taken from it. May also have a relation to Serbo-Croatian blavor, but it is uncertain which language borrowed from which. Another theory suggests Latin belluarius, ultimately from bēlua; however the normal result in Romanian would have been *bălar. Influence from laur may have affected it, but it is uncertain why this analogy would be made. === Noun === balaur m (plural balauri) dragon monster ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (dragon): zmeu, dragon (monster): monstru ==== Descendants ==== → Gagauz: balaur === Further reading === “balaur”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026