# nora
## Basque
### Alternative forms

* norat (Northern)

### Etymology

From Proto-Basque *no- (interrogative stem) +‎ -ra (allative suffix).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /noɾa/ [no.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -oɾa, -a
* Hyphenation: no‧ra

### Adverb

nora (interrogative)
* allative indefinite inanimate of nor; to where, whither, whereto

#### Derived terms

* nora edo hara (“to somewhere”)
* nora gabe
* norabait (“to somewhere”)
* norabait ere
* norabide (“direction”)
* norabideratu (“to orient”)
* noraez
* noraezean
* noraezeko (“compulsory”)
* noragabe
* noragabetu (“to disorient”)
* noraino (“up to where”)
* norainoko
* norako
* noranahi (“to anywhere”)
* norantz (“in what direction”)
* noranzko (“sense”)
* noratsu (“to where more or less”)
* noratu

### Further reading

* “nora”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “nora”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan nora, from Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈnɔ.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈnɔ.ɾa]

### Noun

nora f (plural nores)
* daughter-in-law
    Synonym: jove

### See also

* gendre

### References

* “nora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “nora”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “nora” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “nora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nora.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnora]
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### Noun

nora f
* burrow
    schovat se do nory ― to hide in a burrow

#### Derived terms

* norník

### Further reading

* “nora”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “nora”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “nora”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nora, already attested in local Medieval Latin documents since the 9th century; from Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɔɾa̝/

### Noun

nora f (plural noras, masculine xenro, masculine plural xenros)
* daughter-in-law

### See also

* xenro

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “nora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nora”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nora”, 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), “nora”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nora”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian нора (nora).

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈnorɑ/, [ˈno̞rɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈnorɑ/, [ˈno̞rɑ]
* Rhymes: -orɑ
* Hyphenation: no‧ra

### Noun

nora
* den, burrow
** 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:Yksiil ono sooja șuuba, toiset syvviis norriis peittiisivät.Some have a warm fur, others hid in deep burrows.

#### Synonyms

* pesä

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 346

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nora.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɔ.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔra
* Syllabification: no‧ra
* Homophone: Nora

### Noun

nora f (diminutive norka)
* den
* burrow
* (colloquial, derogatory) hovel, hole (undesirable place to live or visit)

#### Related terms

* nornica
* nornik
* norowiec
* ponor

### Further reading

* nora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* nora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɔ.ɾɐ/
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔɾɐ
* Hyphenation: no‧ra

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese nora (“daughter-in-law”), from Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

#### Noun

nora f (plural noras)
* daughter-in-law

#### See also

* genro

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”). Cognate with Spanish noria.

#### Noun

nora f (plural noras)
* noria (waterwheel with buckets, used to raise water)

### Further reading

* “nora”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## Sicilian
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɔɾa/
* Hyphenation: no‧ra

### Noun

nora f (plural nori)
* daughter-in-law

#### See also

* jènniru