burian

== English == === Alternative forms === burien, berien === Etymology === From Middle English bürȝen, from Old English byrġen, burġen (“burying-place, grave, sepulchre, tomb, burial”), from Proto-West Germanic *burginnju, from Proto-Germanic *burginjō (“burial”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to shelter, protect, save, preserve”). Related to Old English beorg (modern English barrow) and Old English byrġan (“to raise a mound, hide, bury, inter”). More at bury. === Noun === burian (plural burians) (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A tomb; sepulchre. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A burial mound. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A camp; hill-fort. === Anagrams === Brunai, Urbina, Urbian, rubian, burani == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈburi̯an] === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *burьjanъ. ==== Noun ==== burian m inan (dialectal) weed (unwanted plant) Alternative forms: burina, buran, buraň === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== burian m inan (dialectal) alternative form of buriak; a variety of red potato === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== burian m inan (dialectal) alternative form of burián; largest bell in a tower === Further reading === “burian”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026