The story
- Yiddish · borrowed fromבאָרד“beard”
- English todayBort
Borrowed from Yiddish באָרד (bord, “beard”), nickname of a man with a remarkable beard.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
bort
Today it means: The shards or fragments removed from diamonds during cutting, used for industrial purposes such as abrasives in cutting, drilling or grinding tools; a poorly crystallized diamond. Full definition →
Yiddish באָרד