Home › Words › B › borzoiborzoi/ˈbɔː.zɔɪ/borzoi means A dog of a particular breed, similar in shape to a greyhound but with longer silkier hair.borzoi is pronounced /ˈbɔː.zɔɪ/.EtymologyBorrowed from Russian борзо́й (borzój), from бо́рзый (bórzyj, “swift”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (whence English brief, brace and merry).nounA dog of a particular breed, similar in shape to a greyhound but with longer silkier hair.e.g.“Pia loves Rob, she had written it with her lipstick on the walls of the vespasienne in the Rue Colombe, waiting for him to finish, holding her pampered borzoi on the leash.” — 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 171:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.deerhound 59% match — a dog, rather like a large greyhound, originally bred in Scotland for hunting deer vs borzoi →barukhzy 59% match — The Afghan Hound. vs borzoi →saluki 58% match — An ancient sighthound breed of dog with a silky coat originating in the Middle East, once sacred to the Egyptians. vs borzoi →boarhound 57% match — A large dog, descended from breeds originally used to hunt boars. vs borzoi →greyhoundlike 57% match — Similar to a greyhound vs borzoi →wolfhound 57% match — A dog of various breeds originally developed to hunt wolves. vs borzoi →longdog 56% match — A type of crossbreed greyhound vs borzoi →bolonka 55% match — A colored variation of the all-white Bolognese, a recently developed dog breed from Russia. vs borzoi →