safra

• IPA^(key): [ˈsafra]

safra

1. darn

   Synonym: sakra

• See sakra

• “safra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “safra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Root
s-f-r
8 terms

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaf.ra/

From Arabic سَفْرَة (safra).

safra f (plural safriet)

1. a trip, voyage abroad, an instance of such travel

See the lemma.

safra f

1. feminine singular of isfar

Borrowed from Arabic سَفَر (safar, “journey, travel”). Cognate with Spanish zafra (“sugar cane harvest”).

• Rhymes: -afɾɐ
• Hyphenation: sa‧fra

safra f (plural safras)

1. harvest
2. crop

• safári

• IPA^(key): /safˈɾa/
• Hyphenation: saf‧ra

From Ottoman Turkish صافره, from Byzantine Greek σαβούρα (saboúra).

safra (definite accusative safrayı, plural safralar)

1. ballast

From Ottoman Turkish صفرا (safra), from Arabic صَفْرَاء (ṣafrāʔ). Cognate with Azerbaijani səfra and Uzbek safro.

safra

1. (obsolete) yellow

safra (definite accusative safrayı, plural safralar)

1. bile

   Synonym: öd

• Kahane, Henry R., Kahane, Renée, Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, § 837, page 561
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “safra1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN