dura

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dura"

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdjʊə.ɹə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd(j)ʊɹ.ə/
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹə

Etymology 1

Ellipsis of dura mater.

Noun

dura (plural durae)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of dura mater.

Derived terms

• dural
• durectomy
• durotomy

 

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Arabic ذُرَة (ḏura, “Indian millet”).

Noun

dura (usually uncountable, plural duras)

1. Alternative form of durra.
   • 1914, Omar Orlando Churchill, Forage and Silage Crops for Oklahoma, page 10:

     Kafir makes better forage than the duras.

See also

• pietra dura

References

• “dura”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “dura”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• urad, Daru, Daur, daur., Adur, duar

Asturian

Verb

dura

1. third-person singular present indicative of durar
2. second-person singular imperative of durar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈdu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈdu.ɾa]

Verb

dura

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

Dharug

Noun

dura

1. mosquito

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [duːra]

Noun

dura f sg

1. genitive singular of dyr

   uttan dura ― outside the door

Franco-Provençal

Adjective

dura

1. feminine singular of dur

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy.ʁa/

Verb

dura

1. third-person singular past historic of durer

Anagrams

• ardu

Galician

Etymology 1

Adjective

dura

1. feminine singular of duro

Etymology 2

Verb

dura

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: dù‧ra

Etymology 1

Adjective

dura f sg

1. feminine singular of duro

Etymology 2

Verb

dura

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

Anagrams

• udrà

Latin

Adjective

dūra

1. inflection of dūrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

dūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of dūrus

Verb

dūrā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dūrō

References

• dura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “dura”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “dura”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Lombard

Alternative forms

• düra (Modern orthography)

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Milan) IPA^(key): /ˈdyːra/

Adjective

dura (Classical Milanese orthography)

1. singular feminine of dur

Malay

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit दूर (dūra).

Adjective

dura (Jawi spelling دورا)

1. far

   Synonym: jauh

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Adjective

dura (Jawi spelling دورا)

1. restless, anxious

   Synonyms: gelisah, runsing

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “دورا doera”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 128
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “دور dura”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 96
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “dura”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 291

Further reading

• “dura” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maltese

Root
d-w-r
9 terms

Etymology

From Arabic دَوْرَة (dawra). Doublet of dawra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduː.ra/

Noun

dura f (plural duri or duriet)

1. a hut used by hunters and birdcatchers as a watching place

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Adjective

dura

1. feminine singular of dur

Old English

Noun

dura

1. inflection of duru:
   1. genitive/dative singular
   2. nominative/accusative/genitive plural

Old Norse

Noun

dura

1. genitive plural of dyrr

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Northern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ra/
  • (Eastern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ra/
• (New mixed dialects) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ra/

Noun

dura f

1. (Northern Greater Poland, Eastern Greater Poland, Malbork) Alternative form of dziura

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “dura”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 33
• Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889) “dura”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 744

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: du‧ra
• Rhymes: -uɾɐ

Adjective

dura

1. feminine singular of duro

Verb

dura

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duˈra/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin dolāre, present active infinitive of dolō.

Verb

a dura (third-person singular present durează, past participle durat) 1st conj.

1. (transitive) to build (a building)

   Synonyms: construi, clădi, zidi

2. to make (something)
3. to light a fire

   Synonym: aprinde

4. (rare) to fashion or smooth wood

   Synonym: ciopli

Conjugation

    conjugation of dura (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a dura
gerund			durând
past participle			durat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	durez	durezi	durează	durăm	durați	durează
	imperfect	duram	durai	dura	duram	durați	durau
	simple perfect	durai	durași	dură	durarăm	durarăți	durară
	pluperfect	durasem	duraseși	durase	duraserăm	duraserăți	duraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să durez	să durezi	să dureze	să durăm	să durați	să dureze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		durează			durați
	negative		nu dura			nu durați

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French durer, from Latin dūrō, dūrāre.

Verb

a dura (third-person singular present durează, past participle durat) 1st conj.

1. (intransitive) to last, endure

Conjugation

    conjugation of dura (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a dura
gerund			durând
past participle			durat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	durez	durezi	durează	durăm	durați	durează
	imperfect	duram	durai	dura	duram	durați	durau
	simple perfect	durai	durași	dură	durarăm	durarăți	durară
	pluperfect	durasem	duraseși	durase	duraserăm	duraserăți	duraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să durez	să durezi	să dureze	să durăm	să durați	să dureze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		durează			durați
	negative		nu dura			nu durați

Related terms

• dur
• îndura

 

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduɾa/ [ˈd̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: du‧ra

Adjective

dura

1. feminine singular of duro

Verb

dura

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

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic دُرَّة (durra), a variety of parrot (Psittacus alexandri Linnaeus).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

dura (n class, plural dura)

1. parrot

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• lura

Etymology

From earlier variant lura, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ludaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ludaq. Compare Tausug lura' and Malay ludah.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /duˈɾaʔ/ [d̪ʊˈɾaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: du‧ra

Noun

durâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜇ)

1. spit; sputum; spittle
2. spitting (of one's saliva)

   Synonym: pagdura

Derived terms

• dumura
• duraan
• pagdura

 

See also

• dahak
• laway
• luwa

 

Further reading

• “dura”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ludaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI