tharra

See also: dharra

English

Etymology

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Noun

tharra (uncountable)

1. An alcoholic drink of North India and Pakistan, made from yeast fermentation of sugar cane or wheat husk, and often brewed illegally.

Anagrams

• arthra

Gamilaraay

Alternative forms

• dharra

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *dharraŋ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *carra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ara/ (reconstructed)

Noun

tharra

1. (anatomy) thigh

References

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
• Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɾˠə/

Noun

tharra

1. Lenited form of tarra.

Ngiyambaa

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *dharraŋ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *carra.

Noun

tharra

1. (anatomy) thigh