biljur

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بلور (billûr), from Arabic بِلَّوْر (billawr), from Persian بلور (bilūr, bulūr), from Pali veḷuriya. Compare English beryl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǐʎuːr/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ljur

Noun

bìljūr m (Cyrillic spelling бѝљӯр)

  1. mountain crystal

Declension

References

  • biljur” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Abdulah Škaljić (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Svjetlost: Sarajevo, page 143
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