safra

See also: safrà

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsafra]

Interjection

safra

1. darn

   Synonym: sakra

Related terms

• See sakra

Further reading

• safra in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• safra in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Maltese

Root
s-f-r
8 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaf.ra/

Etymology 1

From Arabic سَفْرَة (safra).

Noun

safra f (plural safriet)

1. a trip, voyage abroad, an instance of such travel

Etymology 2

See the lemma.

Adjective

safra f

1. feminine singular of isfar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَفَر (safar, “journey, travel”). Cognate with Spanish zafra (“sugar cane harvest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.fɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -afɾɐ
• Hyphenation: sa‧fra

Noun

safra f (plural safras)

1. harvest
2. crop

Related terms

• safári

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish صافره, from Byzantine Greek σαβούρα (saboúra).

Noun

safra (definite accusative safrayı, plural safralar)

1. ballast

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish صفرا (safra), from Arabic صَفْرَاء (ṣafrāʔ).

Adjective

safra

1. (obsolete) yellow

Noun

safra (definite accusative safrayı, plural safralar)

1. bile

References

• Kahane, Henry R., Kahane, Renée, Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, § 837, page 561
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “safra1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN