different between durra vs turra

English

Alternative forms

• dhoorra, dhourra, dhurra, doura, dura

Etymology

Arabic ?????? (?ura)

Noun

durra (uncountable)

1. A kind of millet, a variety of sorghum; Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).

Translations

Translations

References

• durra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Rudra

Finnish

(index d)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dur??/, [?dur??]
• Rhymes: -ur??
• Syllabification: dur?ra

Noun

durra

1. sorghum

Declension

Derived terms

• jonsonindurra
• kirjodurra
• koristedurra

English

Etymology

From Hindi/Urdu, from Persian ???? (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.

Anagrams

• truar

Galician

Etymology

Back-formation from turrar (“to wrestle; ram”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?tur?]

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

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.

Ingrian

Adjective

turra

1. numb

Portuguese

Etymology

Deverbal of turrar.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?tu??/
• Hyphenation: tur?ra

Noun

turra f (plural turras)

1. (colloquial) headbutt

   Synonym: cabeçada

2. (figuratively) argument

   Synonyms: birra, disputa

Derived terms

• andar às turras