Meaning

noun the basic unit of money in Ethiopia; equal to 100 cents

noun sound of something in rapid motion

verb make a soft swishing sound

originFrom Middle English bir (“favorable or strong wind”), from Old English byre (“strong wind, storm”); cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk bør, Icelandic byrr (“sailing winds”), Albanian borë (“snow”), and Polish burza (“storm, thunderstorm”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0