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 2013, p. 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

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Galician

Etymology

Deverbal from turrar (“to wrestle; ram”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈturɐ]

Noun

turra f (plural turras)

1. beating, bashing

   Synonyms: malleira, palleira

2. quarrel, fight
   • c1760, 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»

   Synonyms: liorta, pelexa

3. headbutt

   Synonym: croque

Related terms

• turrar
• andar ás turras

References

• “turra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “turra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “turra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Ingrian

Adjective

turra

1. numb

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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. (figuratively) 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