borsa

See also: borša

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin bursa. Doublet of bossa (“bag”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈbur.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈbor.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈboɾ.sa]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈbor.sa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

borsa f (plural borses)

1. (archaic) synonym of bossa
2. stock exchange

Derived terms

• borsari
• borsista
• emborsar

References

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “borsa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Further reading

• “borsa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “borsa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Hungarian

Etymology

bors +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈborʃɒ]
• Hyphenation: bor‧sa

Noun

borsa

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of bors

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	borsa	—
accusative	borsát	—
dative	borsának	—
instrumental	borsával	—
causal-final	borsáért	—
translative	borsává	—
terminative	borsáig	—
essive-formal	borsaként	—
essive-modal	borsául	—
inessive	borsában	—
superessive	borsán	—
adessive	borsánál	—
illative	borsába	—
sublative	borsára	—
allative	borsához	—
elative	borsából	—
delative	borsáról	—
ablative	borsától	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	borsáé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	borsáéi	—

Istriot

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin bursa.

Noun

borsa f

1. bag, handbag, purse
2. (anatomy) scrotum

References

• Antonio Pellizzer; Giovanni Pellizzer (1992), Vocabulario del dialetto di Rovigno d'Istria, page 155
• Cergna, Sandro (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria‎^[1], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 53

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin bursa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbor.sa/

  • Audio:

    (file)

  • Audio (la borsa):

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -orsa
  • Hyphenation: bór‧sa
• (Rome) IPA^(key): [ˈbor.d͡za]

Noun

borsa f (plural borse)

1. bag, handbag, purse, briefcase

   Synonym: borsetta

2. scholarship, bursary
3. stock market

   Synonym: borsa valori

4. (by extension) market, exchange
5. (anatomy) bursa
6. (zoology) pouch

   Synonym: marsupio

7. (ecclesiastical) burse
8. sporran (bag attached on kilt front side)

Derived terms

• borsa del ghiaccio
• borsa dell'acqua calda
• borsa di studio
• borsa nera
• borsaio
• borsone
• imborsare

Related terms

• borsa scrotale
• borsaiolo
• borsata
• borse sotto gli occhi
• borseggiare
• borsello
• borsista
• borsite
• mettere mano alla borsa
• tirare i cordoni della borsa

Descendants

• → Amharic: ቦርሳ (borsa)
• → Arabic: بورصة
• → Armenian: բորսա (borsa)
• → Ottoman Turkish: پارسه (parsa), پارسا (parsa)
  • Turkish: parsa
• → Ottoman Turkish: بورسه (borsa), بورسا (borsa)
  • Turkish: borsa
• → Slovene: borša
• → Tigrinya: ቦርሳ (borsa)

Further reading

• “borsa¹”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
• “borsa²”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• braso, brasò, sorba

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بورسه (borsa), from French bourse.

Noun

borsa (definite accusative borsayı, plural borsalar)

1. stock market

Declension

Declension of borsa

	singular	plural
nominative	borsa	borsalar
definite accusative	borsayı	borsaları
dative	borsaya	borsalara
locative	borsada	borsalarda
ablative	borsadan	borsalardan
genitive	borsanın	borsaların

Derived terms

• borsa acentesi
• borsa aracılığı
• borsa aracısı
• borsa cetveli
• borsa değeri
• borsa kâğıdı
• borsacı
• borsacılık

Related terms

• karaborsa
• karaborsacı
• karaborsacılık
• karaborsaya düşmek

Further reading

• “borsa”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu