جورا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Adjective

جورا • (cura)

1. puny, small

Noun

جورا • (cura)

1. A shrill-voiced horn, similar to a clarion.
2. 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^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 449b
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جورا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 867b
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cura²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 838a