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purga

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
pur-ga
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fine blizzard of snow in Russia.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Finnic *purkuder. Finnicbor. Russian пурга́ (purgá)bor. English purga From Russian пурга́ (purgá), from a Finnic source such as southern Karelian purgu or Veps purg (“snowstorm”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: пурга́

Inflected Forms

purgas (plural)

Questions

What does purga mean?
A fine blizzard of snow in Russia.
Where does purga come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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