turra

English

Etymology

From Hindi/Urdu, from Persian طره (torre).

Noun

turra (plural turras)

1. (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

• truar

Galician

Etymology 1

Deverbal from turrar (“to wrestle; ram”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈturɐ]

Noun

turra f (plural turras)

1. beating, bashing

   Synonyms: malleira, palleira

2. quarrel, fight

   Synonyms: liorta, pelexa

   • 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»

3. headbutt

   Synonym: croque

Related terms

• turrar
• andar ás turras

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “turra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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

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

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *turta. Cognates include Finnish turta and Estonian turd.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈturːɑ/, [ˈturː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈturːɑ/, [ˈturːɑ]
• Rhymes: -urː, -urːɑ
• Hyphenation: tur‧ra

Adjective

turra (comparative turremp)

1. necrotic, numb
2. (of wood) rotten

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ʁɐ/ [ˈtu.hɐ]

• (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)

1. (colloquial) headbutt

   Synonym: cabeçada

2. (figurative) argument

   Synonyms: birra, disputa

Derived terms

• andar às turras (“to quarrel, fight, duke it out”)

Etymology 2

Verb

turra

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