taşra
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish طشره, 19th century alteration of طشاری (modern dışarı).
Noun
taşra (definite accusative taşrayı, plural taşralar)
- Alternative form of dışarı (“outside; provinces; foreign lands”).
Adverb
taşra
- Alternative form of dışarı (“outside, abroad”).
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “taşra”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “طشره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1240