borrec

Uncertain. Perhaps from Latin burrus or burra.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [buˈrek]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [boˈrek]

borrec m (plural borrecs, feminine borrega, feminine plural borregues)

1. young sheep (until approximately 14 or 15 months of age)

• borregada
• borrego

• xai
• primal

• “borrec” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “borrec”, 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