طغرا

Ottoman Turkish

طغرا

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *tuġraġ (“omen, sign, symbol”). Possibly related with *tuġ (“banner, spearhead symbol”).

Noun

طغرا • (tuğra) (plural طغرالر (tuğralar))

1. tughra

Derived terms

• طغرائی (tuğrâî)
• طغراكش (tuğrâ-keş)
• طغرانویس (tuğra-nüvîs)

Descendants

• Turkish: tuğra
• → Armenian: թուռա (tʻuṙa), թուրա (tʻura)

Persian

Alternative forms

• طغری

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic. Attested since Seljuk times in the eleventh century.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tuɣˈraː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊɣɾɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊɣɾɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊɣ.ɾɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰuɣ.ɾɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰoɢɹɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰuʁɾɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	tuġrā
Dari reading?	tuġrā
Iranian reading?	toġrâ
Tajik reading?	tuġro

Noun

طغرا • (toġrâ) (plural طغراها)

1. tughra [from 11th c.]
2. (dated) A counter for bills and other signed documents.

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “طغرا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim