xhura

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جورا (cura, “kind of wind instrument”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒuˈɾa/
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

xhura f (plural xhura, definite xhuraja)

  1. shepherd's short flute, pipe
    Hypernym: fyell

References
  • “xhura”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 2202a
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “xhura”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 515
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “xhurá”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 571a
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “zur̄nε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 487
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