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Where does “ბორა” come from?

ბორა (Georgian) comes from Armenian բոռ, from Old Armenian բոռ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰor- — to hum, buzz; coniferous forest; to protrude;...

ბორა (Georgian): warble fly; red kite

Definitions

  1. warble fly; red kite

Ancestry of “ბორა”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianբոռdrone; gadfly, horse-fly; bumblebee
2Old Armenianբոռhornet, drone
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰor-to hum, buzz; coniferous forest; to protrude;...
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