turra
English
Etymology
From Hindi/Urdu, from Persian طره (torre).
Noun
turra (plural turras)
- (India) A feather-like ornament projecting from a tied turban.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 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.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 43:
Anagrams
- truar
Galician
Etymology
Deverbal from turrar (“to wrestle; ram”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈturɐ]
Noun
turra f (plural turras)
- beating, bashing
- Synonyms: malleira, palleira
- quarrel, fight
- c1760, 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»
- «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»
- Synonyms: liorta, pelexa
- c1760, Martín Sarmiento, Onomástico etimológico de la lengua gallega:
- headbutt
- Synonym: croque
Related terms
- turrar
- andar ás turras
References
- “turra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “turra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “turra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Ingrian
Adjective
turra
- numb
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtu.ʁɐ/ [ˈtu.hɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈtu.ʁɐ/ [ˈtu.χɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtu.ʁa/ [ˈtu.ha]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtu.ʁɐ/
- Hyphenation: tur‧ra
Etymology 1
Deverbal from turrar.
Noun
turra f (plural turras)
- (colloquial) headbutt
- Synonym: cabeçada
- (figurative) argument
- Synonyms: birra, disputa
Derived terms
- andar às turras (“to quarrel, fight, duke it out”)
Verb
turra
- inflection of turrar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative