•isim, kimya: Atom numarası 5, atom ağırlığı 10,8, yoğunluğu 2,45 olan, birleşikleri sabun, cam, porselen, sır yapımı ve çeşitli yerlerde kullanılan, kahverengi, şekilsiz bir toz veya çok parlak kristaller hâlindeki element (simgesi B)
•isim: Niğde iline bağlı ilçelerden biri
Atasözü & Deyim
“Alacakla verecek (borç) ödenmez”
“Borçtan korkan kapısını büyük açmaz (küçük açar)”
köken: From Middle Persian [script needed] (bwl /bōr/, “reddish-brown, bay [horse]”), from Proto-Iranian *buHráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰruHrás, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“brown”). Cognate with Ossetian бур (bur, “yellow”), Northern Kurdish bor (“grey”), Shughni vůr (“brown, grey”), and the Old Armenian loanword բորենի (boreni, “hyena”).
köken: Inherited from Old Czech bor, from Proto-Slavic *borъ. Because in Slovak and Polish dialects it means "marsh", it is sometimes associated with Proto-Slavic *bara, meaning the same. More probably it is connected with Proto-Indo-European *bʰor-u-. Compare also borůvka.
köken: From French bore, later reinforced by Russian бор (bor). Alternatively, can be said to be built from բորակ (borak, “borax”), as in other languages.