English Explanatory Dictionary

purga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fine blizzard of snow in Russia.

Word forms

purga purgas

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Finnic *purkuder. Finnicbor. Russian пурга́ (purgá)bor. English purga From Russian пурга́ (purgá), from a Finnic source such as southern Karelian purgu or Veps purg (“snowstorm”).

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