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Where does “biruință” come from?

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

biruință (Romanian): victory, triumph

Definitions

  1. victory, triumph

Ancestry of “biruință”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbiruito defeat, vanquish, subdue, be victorious over
2Hungarianbírto endure, to stand, to bear, to cope with...
3Proto-Turkicbuyur-to order
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