What is "burdei"

A burdei or bordei (, ) is a type of half- dugout shelter, somewhat between a sod house and a log cabin. This style is native to the Carpathian Mountains and forest steppes of eastern Europe.

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Mennonite burdeis in the village of Gnadenau, Kansas, United States
(Frank Leslie's Illustrated March 20, 1875)

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1. "бурдей" in Etymolohichnyĭ Slovnyk Ukraïns′koï Movy (Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language), O.S. Mel′nychuk, Vol. 1, 1982.↩