جورا
Ottoman Turkish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian جره (jurra), which is akin to Old Armenian ճուռակ (čuṙak), Arabic زُرَّق (zurraq).
Adjective
editجورا • (cura)
Noun
editجورا • (cura)
- A shrill-voiced horn, similar to a clarion.
- A shrill-voiced variety of hawk, possibly the red-footed falcon (Falco vespertinus).
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جورا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 449b
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جورا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 867b
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cura2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 838a