𐰉𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian mwrw' (murwa).

Noun

𐰉𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰀 (burua)

1. presage, omen
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 67

     𐰉𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰀:𐰍𐰆𐰺𐰆:𐰾𐰓𐰯:𐰲𐰢𐰔:𐰃𐰾𐰃𐰏:𐰽𐰭𐰆𐰣:𐰃𐱅𐰀𐰲𐰸:𐰇𐰲𐰇𐰤:𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃𐰓𐰢

     burua:ɣuru:ešidip:ečimiz:isig:saŋun:itačuq:üčün:bitidim

     ...after having listened to the burua guru ( i.e. the spiritual master of presage), wrote (this book) for our affectionate big brother General Itachuk.

References

Tekin, Talât (1993) “burua”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 53