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балагур

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Russian

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Etymology

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From ба́ять (bájatʹ) (or related to балабо́л (balaból), балабо́лить (balabólitʹ)) + гу́ркать (gúrkatʹ) (related to го́вор (góvor), говори́ть (govorítʹ)).

For the similar meaning development compare Latin iocus (a joke, a jest) from Proto-Indo-European *yek- (to speak).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bəɫɐˈɡur]
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Noun

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балагу́р (balagúrm inan (genitive балагу́ра, nominative plural балагу́ры, genitive plural балагу́ров)

  1. (colloquial) a man, who speaks in a joking manner, a joker
    Synonym: весельчак (veselʹčak)

Declension

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “балагур”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “балаболить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 66
  • Shansky, N. M. (1965) “балагур”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 19
  • Anikin, A. E. (2008) “балагурить”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 117
  • Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “балагур”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 23