# turra
## English
### Etymology

From Hindi/Urdu, from Persian طره (torre).

### Noun

turra (plural turras)
* (India) A feather-like ornament projecting from a tied turban.
** 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 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.
** 2003, Tejwant Singh, The Bold Brave and Fearless, page 269:A headman of a village, called a Chaudhary or a Malik, would wear a Turra or a ridge on his turban.

### Anagrams

* truar

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Deverbal from turrar (“to wrestle; ram”)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈturɐ]

#### Noun

turra f (plural turras)
* beating, bashing
    Synonyms: malleira, palleira
* quarrel, fight
    Synonyms: liorta, pelexa
** c. 1760, 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»
* headbutt
    Synonym: croque

##### Related terms

* turrar
* andar ás turras

#### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “turra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “turra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “turra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

turra
* inflection of turrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *turta. Cognates include Finnish turta and Estonian turd.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈturːɑ/, [ˈturː]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈturːɑ/, [ˈturːɑ]
* Rhymes: -urː, -urːɑ
* Hyphenation: tur‧ra

### Adjective

turra (comparative turremp)
* necrotic, numb
* (of wood) rotten

#### Declension
### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 610

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtu.ʁɐ/ [ˈtu.hɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtu.ʁɐ/ [ˈtu.hɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈtu.ʁɐ/ [ˈtu.χɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈtu.ʁa/ [ˈtu.ha]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtu.ʁɐ/
* Hyphenation: tur‧ra

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from turrar.

#### Noun

turra f (plural turras)
* (colloquial) headbutt
    Synonym: cabeçada
* (figurative) argument
    Synonyms: birra, disputa

##### Derived terms

* andar às turras (“to quarrel, fight, duke it out”)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

turra
* inflection of turrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative