FromMiddle Belarusianвыдра(vydra), fromOld East Slavicвыдра(vydra), fromProto-Slavic*vydra, fromProto-Balto-Slavic*ūdrāˀ, fromProto-Indo-European*udréh₂, the feminine form of*udrós.

• IPA^(key):[ˈvɨdra]

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вы́дра• (výdra) f animal (genitiveвы́дры,nominative pluralвы́дры,genitive pluralвы́драў)

1. otter

• “выдра” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

FromOld East Slavicвыдра(vydra), fromProto-Slavic*vydra, fromProto-Balto-Slavic*ūdrāˀ, fromProto-Indo-European*udréh₂, the feminine form of*udrós, whenceEnglishotter andSanskritउद्र(udra).Doublet ofги́дра(gídra), which was borrowed from Greek.

• IPA^(key):[ˈvɨdrə]

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вы́дра• (výdra) f anim (genitiveвы́дры,nominative pluralвы́дры,genitive pluralвыдр,relational adjectiveвы́дряныйorвы́дровый,diminutiveвы́дрочка)

1. otter(mammal)
2. (derogatory)mean,uglywoman

• вода́ f(vodá)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “выдра”, inOleg Trubachyov, transl.,Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “выдра”, inИсторико-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1(а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang.,→ISBN, page173

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “выдра”, inТолковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographerWolf, M. O.