Where does “بورا” come from?

بورا (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بو, from Proto-Turkic bu — this.

بورا (Ottoman Turkish): squall, tempest, a storm with severe winds

Definitions

  1. squall, tempest, a storm with severe winds

Ancestry of “بورا”, step by step

بورا traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish بو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبوthis; Alternative form of بوی
2Proto-Turkicbuthis

via Ottoman Turkish ـرا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـرا—

Words derived from “بورا”

Every word from Proto-Turkic bu →