תורא
Aramaic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tawrɑ/, /tɔːrɑ/
Noun
תּוֹרָא or תַּוְורָא • (tōrā or tawrā) m (plural תּוֹרֵא (tōrē) or תַּוְורֵא (tawrē), singular feminine counterpart תּוֹרְתָּא)
- steer, bull, ox
Proper noun
תּוֹרָא • (tōrā)
- (astrology) Taurus
Etymology 2
Occupational noun from תַּוְורָא (tawrā, “ox”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tawːɑːrɑ/
Noun
תַּוָּרָא • (tawwārā) m (plural תַּוָּרֵי (tawwārē))
- ox-driver
- cattle dealer
Etymology 3
From Akkadian 𒄙 (/turru, ṭurru/, “yarn, twine, wire, string; a twist of fibers”), possibly a loan from or influenced by Sumerian 𒄙 (dur, “strip”) or rather related to the native verb Proto-Semitic *tawar- (“to go about, to circle, to turn about, to encompass, to come around again; to plait, to braid”). Cognate to Hebrew תּוֹר (tōr, “line”), and Persian تار (târ, “cord, string”) is possibly related by phono-semantic matching.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toːrɑ/
Noun
תּוֹרָא • (tōrā) m (plural תּוֹרֵא (tōrē))
- cord, band
- row, line
Descendants
- → Arabic: تُرّ (turr)
References
- “twr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “twr4”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, page 1199