Etymology

biritch

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Today it means: A card game, a precursor to bridge. Full definition →

Russian бирич ← Turkish bir-üç
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The story

  1. Turkish · derived frombir-üç“one-three”
  2. Russian · borrowed fromбирич
  3. English todaybiritch

From Russian бирич (birič), of obscure origin, perhaps from Turkish bir-üç (“one-three”).

Words from the same roots

Turkishbir-üç all →

bridge

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