Hyphenation
bon·fireTurkish pronunciation
bänfayırPronunciation
/ˈbänˌfīər/ /ˈbɑːnˌfaɪɜr/
Etymology
() From Middle English bonefire, bonefyre, banefyre (“a fire in which bones were burnt”), equivalent to bone + fire.“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001 Cognate with Scots banefire (“bonfire”). More at bone, fire.