ماسوره
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic مَاسُورَة (māsūra).
Noun edit
ماسوره • (masura, masra)
- a short length of small reed, used in a weaver's shuttle or elsewhere as a bobbin
- Synonym: (bobbin) استاج (istac)
- a piece of pipe, serving as a spout to a fountain
- name of a certain measure used in the distribution of water from an aqueduct, also, the quantity of water it furnishes; equal to four chewaldiz, and to one fourth of a lule
- any duct, passage, canal in the body
Descendants edit
- Turkish: masura, masıra, masra, masır
- → Albanian: masur
- → Aromanian: mãsur
- → Bulgarian: масу́р (masúr)
- → Georgian: მასრა (masra)
- →⇒ Greek: μασούρι (masoúri)
- → Middle Armenian: մասուրայ (masuray)
- → Pontic Greek: μασούρα (masoúra), μασούριν (masoúrin), μασούρι (masoúri), μασούρ' (masoúr')
- → Romanian: mosor
- → Serbo-Croatian: mòsūr / мо̀сӯр
References edit
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ماسوره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1657
Persian edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [mɑː.ˈsuː.ɾa]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mɒː.súː.ɹe]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mɔ.sú.ɾä]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | māsūra |
| Dari reading? | māsūra |
| Iranian reading? | mâsure |
| Tajik reading? | mosura |
Noun edit
ماسوره • (mâsure)