turra
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Etymology
Noun
turra (plural turras)
- (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
Etymology 1
Deverbal from turrar (“to wrestle; ram”)
Pronunciation
Noun
turra f (plural turras)
- beating, bashing
- quarrel, fight
- 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»
- headbutt
- Synonym: croque
Related terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “turra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “turra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “turra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
turra
- inflection of turrar:
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *turta. Cognates include Finnish turta and Estonian turd.
Pronunciation
Adjective
turra (comparative turremp)
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
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tur‧ra
Etymology 1
Noun
turra f (plural turras)
- (colloquial) headbutt
- Synonym: cabeçada
- (figurative) argument
Derived terms
- andar às turras (“to quarrel, fight, duke it out”)
Etymology 2
Verb
turra
- inflection of turrar:
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