turra

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English

Etymology

From Hindi/Urdu, from Persian طره (torre).

Noun

turra (plural turras)

  1. (India) A feather-like ornament projecting from a tied turban.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 43:
      The most ornate and flashy piece of clothing was the turban. It was red in colour with a might turra of gold thread.
    • 1997, Bir Dodraj Mansingh, in Bikram Singh, Sidharth Mishr (Eds.), Where Gallantry is Tradition, p. 131:
      Having earlier met Malik Nur Khan, and his tall, wiry father with in his black sherwani and white turban with a turra enhancing his height, I was somewhat more reassured.
    • 2003, Tejwant Singh, The Bold Brave and Fearless, page 269:
      A headman of a village, called a Chaudhary or a Malik, would wear a Turra or a ridge on his turban.

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology 1

Deverbal from turrar (“to wrestle; ram”)

Pronunciation

Noun

turra f (plural turras)

  1. beating, bashing
    Synonyms: malleira, palleira
  2. quarrel, fight
    Synonyms: liorta, pelexa
    • c. 1760, Martín Sarmiento, Onomástico etimológico de la lengua gallega:
      «De Nabucodonosore o vello non me lembro nin migalla; mais do seu fillo Nabuquiño me acordo muyto, muyto. ¡Nabuquiño! Era muy escacha pedras. Muytas veces o vim andar no seu cabalo branco por aqueles alqueidons, e outras vezes andar as turras»
      «Of Nebuchadnezzar the Elder, I don't remember the least thing; but of his son, little Nebuch', I remember much, much. Little Nebuch'! He was such a troublemaker. Many times I saw him riding his white horse about those hills, and other times looking for a fight»
  3. headbutt
    Synonym: croque
Related terms

References

Etymology 2

Verb

turra

  1. inflection of turrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *turta. Cognates include Finnish turta and Estonian turd.

Pronunciation

Adjective

turra (comparative turremp)

  1. necrotic, numb
  2. (of wood) rotten

Declension

Declension of turra (type 3/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative turra turrat
genitive turran turriin
partitive turraa turria
illative turraa turrii
inessive turraas turriis
elative turrast turrist
allative turralle turrille
adessive turraal turriil
ablative turralt turrilt
translative turraks turriks
essive turranna, turraan turrinna, turriin
exessive1) turrant turrint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 610

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: tur‧ra

Etymology 1

Deverbal from turrar.

Noun

turra f (plural turras)

  1. (colloquial) headbutt
    Synonym: cabeçada
  2. (figurative) argument
    Synonyms: birra, disputa
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

turra

  1. inflection of turrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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