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buran

buran is the alternative form of borani.

Meaning of borani

Noun

borani (uncountable)

  1. A traditional Iranian dish of yoghurt mixed with a cooked vegetable, most commonly spinach.

Proper noun capitalized: Buran

Buran

  1. A Soviet spacecraft, modeled after the American Space Shuttle.

Origin of buran

From the Russian бура́н (burán, “snowstorm”).

Questions about buran

What does buran mean?
Buran means a Soviet spacecraft, modeled after the American Space Shuttle.
What is buran the alternative form of?
Buran is the alternative form of borani.
What part of speech is buran?
Buran is a proper noun.

Words near buran in the dictionary

  1. buraku
  2. burakumin
  3. burakumins
  4. Burali-Forti paradox
  5. Burali-Forti's paradox
  6. buran
  7. burandanga
  8. Burang
  9. burangaite
  10. burani
  11. buranji

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: buran (page history and authors); Buran (page history and authors); borani (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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