different between trug vs turg

English

Etymology

Compare trough.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

trug (plural trugs)

1. (chiefly Britain) A shallow, oval basket used for gardening
2. (obsolete) A trough or tray.
3. (obsolete) A hod for mortar.
4. (obsolete) An old measure of wheat equal to two thirds of a bushel.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bailey to this entry?)

5. (obsolete) A concubine; a harlot.
   • 1630, John Taylor, "The World Runs on Wheels", in All the Workes of John Taylor the Water Poet

     the Tobacco seller, with their companion Trugs, must be coached to […] many other places, like wild haggards prancing up and down

Translations

Anagrams

• GURT, gurt, turg

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse trog.

Noun

trug n (singular definite truget, plural indefinite trug)

1. trough

Inflection

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tru?k/, [t?u?k] (standard)
  • Rhymes: -u?k
• IPA^(key): /tru?x/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
• Homophone: Trug (but /x/ is less common in this, so some speakers may distinguish)

Verb

trug

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of tragen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

trug m (definite singular trugen, indefinite plural trugar, definite plural trugane)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by truge f

English

Alternative forms

• ’turg

Etymology

Shortened from dramaturg.

Noun

turg (plural turgs)

1. (informal) A dramaturge
   • 2003, Liz Engelman and Michael Bigelow Dixon, “What Makes a Turg Tick: Two Dramaturgs Discuss What They Like About Their Profession and Why They Do It”, in Theater Topics, ISSN: 1054-8378, Volume 13, Number 1 (March 2003), pages 93–99.

Anagrams

• GURT, gurt, trug

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic ????? (t?rg?, “trade, trading, commerce; (trade) square”).

Noun

turg (genitive turu, partitive turgu)

1. market place

Declension

References

• Raimo Raag. (2015), A Criterion for Old Age, section “Word stems in modern standard Estonian of Old East Slavic origin”, in ??????? ?? ???? ????????? ???????: Essays in Honour of Irina Lysén.