different between morra vs mogra

English

Etymology

From Italian morra; further etymology is unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m????/, /?m???/

Noun

morra (uncountable)

1. A game in which two (or more) players each suddenly display a hand showing zero to five fingers and call out what they think will be the sum of all fingers shown.

Translations

Anagrams

• Armor, Marro, Morar, armor, maror

Italian

Etymology

Of unknown origin; akin to Venetian mòra, Sicilian murra, etc.

Noun

morra f (plural morre)

1. The game of morra.

Descendants

• ? English: morra
• ? Spanish: morra

Portuguese

Verb

morra

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of morrer
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of morrer
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of morrer
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of morrer

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mora/, [?mo.ra]

Etymology 1

Related to morro.

Noun

morra f (plural morras)

1. upper part of the head
2. (Mexico) chick; girl; missy

Interjection

morra

1. Used to call a cat.

Etymology 2

From Italian morra.

Noun

morra f (plural morras)

1. morra (game)
2. (in a game of morra) a fist, which has the numeric value of zero

English

Etymology

From Hindi ????? (mogr?).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?????/

Noun

mogra (countable and uncountable, plural mogras)

1. (chiefly South Asia) Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac, syn. Mogorium sambac). [from 17th c.]
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, page 44:

     There were strings of mogra and marigolds hanging from the frame of the bed.

Anagrams

• Magor, Magro, Margo, Morga, agrom, groma, margo, marog