turtur

See also: Turtur and țurțur

Latin

turtur (turtle dove)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the bird's coo.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.tur/, [ˈt̪ʊrt̪ʊr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.tur/, [ˈt̪urt̪ur]

Noun

turtur m (genitive turturis); third declension

1. turtle dove

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	turtur	turturēs
Genitive	turturis	turturum
Dative	turturī	turturibus
Accusative	turturem	turturēs
Ablative	turture	turturibus
Vocative	turtur	turturēs

Derived terms

• turturilla / turturella

Descendants

• Albanian: turtull
• Aromanian: turturã, turtureauã
• Catalan: tórtora
• English: turtle
• French: tourte, tourtre, tourterelle
• Friulian: tortorele
• German: Turtel, Turteltaube

• Italian: tortora, tortorella
• Portuguese: turturino
• Romanian: turtură, turturea
• Spanish: tórtola
• Welsh: turtur

References

• “turtur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “turtur”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• turtur 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)
• turtur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin turtur (“turtle, turtledove”), of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tuɾˈtuɾ]

Noun

turtur (nominative plural turturs)

1. turtledove, turtle dove

Declension

declension of turtur

	singular	plural
nominative	turtur	turturs
genitive	turtura	turturas
dative	turture	turtures
accusative	turturi	turturis
vocative 1	o turtur!	o turturs!
predicative 2	turturu	turturus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Synonyms

• turturapijun

Derived terms

• hiturtur
• hiturturül
• jiturtur
• jiturturül
• turturahoned
• turturakran
• turturalog
• turturanäst
• turturanög
• turturaplüm
• turturaplümem
• turturem
• turturibrid
• turturibridan
• turturil

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Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin turtur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɨ̞rtɨ̞r/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪrtɪr/

Noun

turtur f (plural turturod)

1. turtle dove

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
turtur	durtur	nhurtur	thurtur
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Derived terms

• turtur chwerthinog
• turtur dorchog