pür

See also: pur, puer, Puer, Pǔ'ěr, pǔ'ěr, PUR, pur-, and Pu'er

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• pour, pur
• Puur

Etymology

From Middle High German būre, gibūre, from Old High German gibūro, from būr (“peasant”). Cognate with German Bauer, Dutch buur, English bower.

Noun

pür m

1. (Formazza) farmer

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Romansch

Alternative forms

• pur (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin pūrus.

Adjective

pür m (feminine singular püra, masculine plural pürs, feminine plural püras)

1. (Puter, Vallader) pure

Synonyms

• (Sutsilvan) spir

Turkish

Etymology 1

pürs of pine tree

From Proto-Turkic *bür.

Noun

pür

1. (dialect) Needle-like thin leaves of pine, juniper, spruce trees.

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “pür¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3914

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish پر (pür, “full; abundant; numerous; frequent”), from Persian پر (por).

Adjective

pür (archaic)

1. full

   Synonym: dolu

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 439
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “pür1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN