borjú

== Hungarian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Oghur before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries), from Proto-Turkic *buŕagu. Compare Chuvash пӑру (păru, “calf”), Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆𐰕𐰍𐰆 (b¹uzǧu /⁠buzaɣu⁠/), Ottoman Turkish بوزاغو (buzağı, “calf”). The word can also be found in the Mongolic languages. The form that arrived in the Hungarian language was probably *buraɣu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈborjuː], [ˈborju] Hyphenation: bor‧jú Rhymes: -juː, -ju === Noun === borjú (plural borjúk or borjak) calf (young cow or bull) calf (the young of another large mammal, such as a deer, roe, bison, giraffe, elephant, whale, seal, hippopotamus, etc.) synonym of borjúhús (“veal”, the flesh of a calf [i.e. a young bovine] used for food) ==== Usage notes ==== There are two forms for the possessive third-person with different meanings. Singular: a tehén borja ― the calf of the cow (the mother) a gazda borjúja ― the calf of the farmer (the owner) Plural: a tehén borjai ― the calves of the cow a gazda borjúi ― the calves of the farmer ==== Declension ==== In relation to its biological parents: ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === borjú in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. borjú in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).