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Proto-Turkic: *bArɨk (?)
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: unclear silhouette
Russian meaning: неясный силуэт
Karakhanid: barɨq (MK)
Yakut: barɨk, boruk 'darkness'
Comments: ДТС 84. A somewhat dubious etymon: the OT form is quoted from the Uzbek edition of MK, not confirmed by Clauson and Dizin; the sense of the passage is rather obscure; the Yak. form may be secondarily built on the basis of the borrowed barɨj-, boruj- 'be badly visible'. But cf. perhaps Kirgh. (ep.) burqu 'variety'?
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *bi̯or[a]
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: color, shape
Russian meaning: цвет, форма
Turkic: *bArɨk (??)
Mongolian: *baraɣa
Tungus-Manchu: *borkan
Japanese: *púrí
Comments: The Turkic match is rather weak (see notes above), but otherwise the etymology seems quite credible.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *baraɣa
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: shape, silhouette
Russian meaning: форма, силуэт
Written Mongolian: baraɣa (L 83), bara
Middle Mongolian: bara'a (SH)
Khalkha: barā
Buriat: barā
Kalmuck: barān
Ordos: barā
Dongxian: barā
Dagur: barā (Тод. Даг. 124)
Comments: KW 33. Mong. bara-ji- 'to be unclearly visible' (Bur. baraj- , Khalkha baraj-) > Yak. barɨj-, boruj- 'id.', barɨk, boruk 'darkness'.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *borkan
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: color, beauty
Russian meaning: цвет, красота
Even: borkan
Spoken Manchu: bočǝ, boču (2417)
Literary Manchu: bočo
Jurchen: bo(i̯)čo-gaj (628)
Orok: boččo
Nanai: bojqo
Oroch: boqqo
Udighe: boko
Comments: ТМС 1, 96.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *púrí
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: shape, sight
Russian meaning: образ, вид
Middle Japanese: furi
Tokyo: fùri
Kyoto: fúrí
Kagoshima: fúri
Comments: Usually regarded as a derivative from fur- 'to shake' which is rather dubious for semantic reasons.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *bVrV
Meaning: shape
Indo-European: *merbh-, *bherm-
Altaic: *bi̯or[a]
Comments: Cf. PA *bi̯are 'build', PAfAs *buraʔ- 'build, create'.
References: Suggested by V. Glumov.
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *merbh-, *bherm-
Meaning: shape
Old Greek: morphǟ́ f. `äusserliche (körperliche) Gestalt, Form, schöne Gestalt, Anmut', a-merphḗs <amerphés> `ugly' (Hsch.)
Latin: forma f. `Form (Guss-, Modellform); Gebilde, Gepräge, Gestalt, Art; Ässeres, Figur; Idee, Vorstellung'
Russ. meaning: форма
References: WH (differently in Pok.)
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