burrel
/ˈbʌɹəl/
burrel is the archaic form of bharal.
burrel is the alternative form of borrel.
Meaning of bharal
Noun
bharal (plural bharals or bharal)
- A blue sheep, being any species of the genus Pseudois, goatlike bovids of the Himalayas and western China with a bluish-grey coat; Himalayan blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur).
- On the way we disturbed the peace of three bharals and the female of a snow-cock ; the latter, with her brood hardly a week old, rose almost from my feet as I clambered round a rock tower.1955, The Alpine Journal, volume 60, page 262
- Synonyms:
- blue sheep, Himalayan blue sheep, naur
Meaning of borrel
Noun
borrel (plural borrels)
- A sort of pear with a smooth soft pulp; a red butter pear.
Proper noun capitalized: Burrel
Burrel
- A town in north-central Albania, located west of the river Mat in the Mat river valley; it is the seat of the municipality of Mat and the former seat of the defunct Mat district.
- Synonyms:
- the city of apples
- A municipal unit of the municipality of Mat in the county of Dibër, Albania.
- An unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, United States. Former spelling: Burrell
Synonyms of burrel
- the city of apples
Forms of burrel
| plural | burrels |
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Origin of burrel
Borrowed from Albanian Burrel, probably from bërryl (“elbow”) (from Proto-Albanian *bōrei ulnā, compound of *bōrei (“bow”) and *ulnā (“forearm”)), which could refer to the bend in the national road SH6 as it goes through the town centre.
Words formed from burrel
- burrel fly
- burrel shot
Phrases with burrel
Questions about burrel
- What does burrel mean?
- Burrel means a town in north-central Albania, located west of the river Mat in the Mat river valley; it is the seat of the municipality of Mat and the former seat of the defunct Mat district.
- What is burrel the archaic form of?
- Burrel is the archaic form of bharal.
- What part of speech is burrel?
- Burrel is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce burrel?
- Burrel is pronounced /ˈbʌɹəl/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: burrel (page history and authors); Burrel (page history and authors); bharal (page history and authors); borrel (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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