Bora (Turkish name)

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Bora
Pronunciation [ˈboɾa]
GenderMasculine
Language(s) Turkish
Origin
Word/name Proto-Turkic
Derivation bora
MeaningStorm, a strong wind that usually brings rain
Other names
Variant form(s) Boran, Borahan

Bora is a common masculine Turkish given name that means "storm" or "a strong wind that usually brings rain". [1] [2]

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Etymology

The name Bora comes from the Turkish word bora, which derives from the Proto-Turkic *bora-, meaning "storm". [3] [4] It is of the same root with the Turkish burağan, meaning "whirlwind" or "tornado", and is cognate with Bashkir буран (buran), Crimean Tatar boran, Kazakh боран (boran) and Turkmen boran. [5] [6] In addition, it is possible that it is related to the Mongolian бороо, signifying "rain". [7]

It is not related to the Ancient Greek Βορέας, which is equally a Greek mythological figure named Boreas, the God of the north wind, storms, and winter. [8] The Turkish variant of this Greek word is Poyraz.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bora - Nişanyan Adlar". Nişanyan Adlar.
  2. ↑ "Türk Dil Kurumu | Sözlük". sozluk.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  3. ↑ "bora". Wiktionary, the free dictionary. 17 April 2025.
  4. ↑ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg. "Turkic etymology: *bora-". starlingdb.org.
  5. ↑ Çağbayır, Yaşar. Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük. Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat. p. 699.
  6. ↑ "burağan". Wiktionary, the free dictionary. 3 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "bora". Nişanyan Sözlük (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  8. ↑ "Βορέας". Wiktionary, the free dictionary. 8 April 2025.
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