Bora is a common masculine

Turkish given name A Turkish name consists of an ''ad'' or an ''isim'' (given name; plural ''adlar'' and ''isimler'') and a ''soyadı'' or ''soyisim'' (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one ''soyadı'' (surname) in the full ...

that means "storm" or "a strong wind that usually brings rain".

Etymology

The name Bora comes from the Turkish word bora, which derives from the

Proto-Turkic Proto-Turkic is the linguistic reconstruction of the common ancestor of the Turkic languages that was spoken by the Proto-Turks before their divergence into the various Turkic peoples. Proto-Turkic separated into Oghur (western) and Common Tu ...

''*bora-'', meaning "storm". It is of the same root with the Turkish burağan, meaning "whirlwind" or "tornado", and is cognate with Bashkir буран (buran), Crimean Tatar

boran Boran (also spelled Buran, Middle Persian: ) was Sasanian queen ('' banbishn'') of Iran from 630 to 632, with an interruption of some months. She was the daughter of king (or ''shah'') Khosrow II () and the Byzantine princess Maria. She is th ...

, Kazakh боран (boran) and

Turkmen Turkmen, Türkmen, Turkoman, or Turkman may refer to: Peoples Historical ethnonym * Turkoman (ethnonym), ethnonym used for the Oghuz Turks during the Middle Ages Ethnic groups * Turkmen in Anatolia and the Levant (Seljuk and Ottoman-Turkish desc ...

. In addition, it is possible that it is related to the

Mongolian Mongolian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Mongolia, a country in Asia * Mongolian people, or Mongols * Bogd Khanate of Mongolia, the government of Mongolia, 1911–1919 and 1921–1924 * Mongolian language * Mongolian alphabet * ...

бороо, signifying "rain". It is not related to the

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...

Βορέας, which is equally a Greek mythological figure named Boreas, the God of the north wind, storms, and winter. The Turkish variant of this Greek word is Poyraz.

People

Given name

* Bora Aksu, London-based Turkish fashion designer *

Bora Dağtekin Bora Dagtekin (born 27 October 1978) is a German screenwriter and film director who has directed several of the most successful German-language films, notably ''Fack ju Göhte''. Early life Dagtekin was born and raised in Hanover to a German m ...

, award-winning German author and screenwriter of Turkish descent * Bora Karaca, Turkish roadie/mascot for American rock band Tally Hall * Bora Körk, Turkish footballer

Surname

Ekrem Bora Ekrem Bora (born Ekrem Şerif Uçak; 7 March 1934 – 1 April 2012) was a Turkish film actor. Biography After finishing school, he went to Sultanahmet State Printinghouse where he got a diploma in typesetting and binding. In 1953, he participate ...

, a Turkish actor.

References

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