ماسوره

Ottoman Turkish

ماسوره‌لر

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَاسُورَة (māsūra, bobbin, reel), from the passive participle of the verb أَسَرَ (ʔasara, to bind).

Noun

ماسوره • (masura or masra)

  1. bobbin, spool, a cylinder or spindle around which threads, wires or cables are wound
    Synonyms: استاج (istac), مقره (makara)
  2. spout, a tube or duct through which a liquid, especially water, is poured or discharged
    Synonyms: امزك (emzik), اوج (uc)
  3. masura, a unit of measure of volumetric flow equivalent approximatively to 4.5 L/min
  4. (anatomy) duct, a vessel that conveys lymph or secretions such as tears, bile or saliva

Descendants

  • Turkish: masura, masıra, masra, masır
  • Albanian: masur
  • Aromanian: mãsur
  • Bulgarian: масу́р (masúr)
  • Georgian: მასრა (masra)
  • Greek: μασούρι (masoúri)
  • Middle Armenian: մասուրայ (masuray)
    • Armenian: մասուրա (masura), մասրա (masra)
  • Pontic Greek: μασούρα (masoúra), μασούριν (masoúrin), μασούρι (masoúri), μασούρ' (masoúr')
  • Romanian: mosor
  • Serbo-Croatian: mòsūr / мо̀сӯр

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

  • ماشوره (mâšura) (obsolete)
  • مشله (mošla) (Dari)

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mɑː.súː.ɾä]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mɑː.súː.ɾä]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mɔː.sú.ɾä]

Readings
Classical reading? māsūra
Dari reading? māsūra
Iranian reading? mâsure
Tajik reading? mosura

Noun

ماسوره • (mâsure)

  1. bobbin, reel
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