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burgu.

borer, drill, gimlet, auger, any instrument used for drilling

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. borer, drill, gimlet, auger, any instrument used for drilling

  2. corkscrew, a device for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بورغو (burgu), from Proto-Turkic *burgu (“borer, gimlet, auger”); cognate with Azerbaijani burğu, Bashkir бырау (bıraw) and Kazakh бұрғы (burğı).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.