бисер
Bulgarian
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Etymology
From Bulgar, from Arabic بُسْر (busr, “unripe dates”) from the root ب س ر (b-s-r) related to things being early, so applied to pearls because unripe dates can have some tactile and optical properties similar to pearls.
Noun
бисер • (biser) ?
- pearl
- (colloquial) something silly but humorous and memorable that a person has said
Macedonian
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Etymology
From Bulgar, from Arabic بُسْر (busr, “unripe dates”) from the root ب س ر (b-s-r) related to things being early, so applied to pearls because unripe dates can have some tactile and optical properties similar to pearls.
Noun
бисер • (biser) m
- pearl
- (colloquial) something silly but humorous and memorable that a person has said
Russian
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Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бисьръ (bisĭrŭ, “pearls”), from Bulgar, from Arabic بُسْر (busr, “unripe dates”) from the root ب س ر (b-s-r) related to things being early, so applied to pearls because unripe dates can have some tactile and optical properties similar to pearls.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbʲisʲɪr]
Noun
би́сер • (bíser) m inan (genitive би́сера, uncountable)
- beads
- вышива́ть би́сером ― vyšivátʹ bíserom ― to bead
- мета́ть би́сер пе́ред сви́ньями ― metátʹ bíser péred svínʹjami ― to cast pearls before swine
Declension
Related terms
- бисерный (bisernyj)
Serbo-Croatian
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Etymology
From Bulgar, from Arabic بُسْر (busr, “unripe dates”) from the root ب س ر (b-s-r) related to things being early, so applied to pearls because unripe dates can have some tactile and optical properties similar to pearls.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǐser/
- Hyphenation: би‧сер