Elbrus

English

Etymology

The word is a metathesis of Alborz, which is from Persian البرز (alborz), from Middle Persian hlbwlc (Harborz), ultimately derived from Proto-Iranian *Harā Bṛzatī, a legendary mountain in Iranian mythology (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬁⸱𐬠𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬍 (harā.bər^əzaⁱtī)). *Bṛzatī is the feminine form of the adjective *br̥jáns (“high”), the reconstructed ancestor of modern Northern Kurdish berz (“high, tall”) and modern Persian برز (borz, “high, tall”). Harā may be interpreted as "watch" or "guard", from a Proto-Indo-European root *ser- (“protect”).

Proper noun

Elbrus

Mount Elbrus

1. An inactive volcano located in the western Caucasus mountain range, in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia, near the border of Georgia. Elbrus's highest peak is the highest mountain in the Caucasus, and in Russia.

Translations

mountain

• Adyghe: ӏуашъхьэмафэ (ʼwaŝḥɛmafɛ)
• Arabic: إِلْبْرُوز m (ʔilbrūz)
• Armenian: Էլբրուս (hy) (Ēlbrus)
• Belarusian: Эльбру́с m (Elʹbrús)
• Bengali: আলবর্জ (albôrz)
• Bulgarian: Елбру́с m (Elbrús)
• Chechen: Элабарз (Elabarz)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 厄爾布魯士峰 / 厄尔布鲁士峰 (zh) (È'ěrbùlǔshì fēng)

• Danish: Elbrus
• Esperanto: Elbruso
• Faroese: Elbrus
• Finnish: Elbrus
• French: Elbrouz (fr) m
• Georgian: იალბუზი (ialbuzi)
• German: Elbrus (de) m
• Greek: Ελμπρούς (Elmproús)
• Hebrew: אלברוס
• Hindi: एल्ब्रुस m (elbrus), एल्ब्रस m (elbras)
• Hungarian: Elbrusz (hu)
• Japanese: エルブルス山 (Eruburusu-san)
• Kabardian: Ошхамахуэ (Wošxamaxʷɛ), ӏуащхьэмахуэ (ʼwaśḥɛmaxʷɛ)
• Karachay-Balkar: Минги тау (Miñi tau)
• Korean: 옐브루스 산 (Yelbeuruseu san)
• Macedonian: Елбрус m (Elbrus)
• Mingrelian: იალბუზი (ialbuzi)
• Persian: البروس (fa) (elbrus)
• Portuguese: Elbro m, Elbrus m
• Russian: Эльбру́с (ru) m (Elʹbrús)
• Svan: ფასა (pasa)
• Turkish: Elbruz (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ельбру́с m (Elʹbrús)

Anagrams

• Rubles, Lubers, Brulés, Busler, blurse, Burles, rubles, burels, bluers

Portuguese

Proper noun

Elbrus m

1. Alternative form of Elbro