بورونلو

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• بورونلی (burunlu)

Etymology

From بورون (burun, “nose; beak; cape”) +‎ ـلو (lu, -lı).

Adjective

بورونلو • (burunlu)

1. provided with a nose, beak, point, or similar things
2. conceited, arrogant, having excessive pride in oneself

Derived terms

• قوچ بورونلو (koç burunlu, “hook-nosed”)
• پاتقه بورونلو (patka burunlu, “flat-nosed”)
• چكمه بورونلو (çekme burunlu, “straight-nosed”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: burunlu

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “burunlu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 707
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بورونلی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 285
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بورونلو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 397