burağan

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بوراغان (burağan, “whirlwind, tornado”) either from bur- (“to twist”) +‎ -ağan (“habitual suffix”), or derived from Proto-Turkic *bora- (“north wind; to snow heavily”), the same root of bora (“squall”). === Noun === burağan (definite accusative burağanı, plural burağanlar) whirlwind, tornado, a violent windstorm characterized by the formation of a vortex of air Synonym: hortum ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “burağan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 699