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burian

/bjˈʊɹiən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables
buri-an
IPA
/bjˈʊɹiən/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tomb; sepulchre.

noun

A burial mound.

noun

A camp; hill-fort.

name

A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English bürȝen, from Old English byrġen, burġen (“burying-place, grave, sepulchre, tomb, burial”), from Proto-West Germanic *burginnju, from Proto-Germanic *burginjō (“burial”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to shelter, protect, save, preserve”). Related to Old English beorg (modern English barrow) and Old English byrġan (“to raise a mound, hide, bury, inter”). More at bury.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: burȝen, byrġen, *burginnju, *burginjō, *bʰergʰ-

Inflected Forms

burians (plural) burien (alternative) berien (alternative)

Rhymes With

centurion arthurian kurian missourian pagurian

Questions

How do you pronounce burian?
The recorded pronunciation is /bjˈʊɹiən/.
What does burian mean?
A tomb; sepulchre.
Where does burian come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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