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бисер: Arabic → Bulgarian · Lexodus

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бисер

From Bulgar, from Arabic بُسْر (busr, “unripe dates”) from the root ب س ر (b s r) related to things being early, so applied to pearls because unripe dates can have some tactile and optical properties similar to pearls.

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c. 750 CEArabic

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c. 750 CE
c. 1500

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.