bursary

C2+ Topic:Education & Learning

US /ˈbɝsəri/ UK /ˈbɜːsəri/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
a grant or scholarship awarded to a student; a treasury office

The bursary covered her tuition for the entire year.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a grant or scholarship... scholarship grant stipend endowment treasury fund

Word family

Derived forms bursar

Related forms bursardisbursepurse

Etymology

From Medieval Latin bursaria, from bursa ('purse, bag'), from Late Latin bursa, from Greek byrsa ('hide, leather').

bursa la-med byrsa Ancient Greek

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Education & Learning Word Formation & Derivatives

# bursary

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈbɝsəri
**IPA (UK):** ˈbɜːsəri

## Meanings
1. a grant or scholarship awarded to a student; a treasury office

## Examples
- The bursary covered her tuition for the entire year.

## Synonyms
- scholarship
- grant
- stipend
- endowment
- treasury
- fund

## Derived Forms
- bursar

## Related Forms
- bursar
- disburse
- purse

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bursa
- Root: byrsa

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin bursaria, from bursa ('purse, bag'), from Late Latin bursa, from Greek byrsa ('hide, leather').

## AI Etymology
Bursary is a noun meaning "a grant or scholarship awarded to a student; a treasury office". Historically, it is from Medieval Latin bursaria, from bursa ('purse, bag'), from Late Latin bursa, from Greek byrsa ('hide, leather'). The historical chain links Latin bursa with Ancient Greek byrsa. Close English family members include bursar, disburse, and purse. This keeps the modern noun sense tied to the older forms and language sequence behind it.

## Topics
- Education & Learning
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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