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Where does “birui” come from?

birui (Romanian) comes from Hungarian bír, from Proto-Turkic buyur- — to order.

birui (Romanian): to defeat, vanquish, subdue, be victorious over

Definitions

  1. to defeat, vanquish, subdue, be victorious over

Ancestry of “birui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbírto endure, to stand, to bear, to cope with...
2Proto-Turkicbuyur-to order

Words derived from “birui”

  • biruință
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