جورا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (jurra), which is akin to Old Armenian ճուռակ (čuṙak), Arabic زُرَّق (zurraq).

Adjective

جورا • (cura)

puny, small

Noun

جورا • (cura)

A shrill-voiced horn, similar to a clarion.
A shrill-voiced variety of hawk, possibly the red-footed falcon (Falco vespertinus).

Descendants

Turkish: cura
→ Albanian: xhura

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جورا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 449b
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جورا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 867b
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cura²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 838a

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