xhura
Albanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish جورا (cura, “kind of wind instrument”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editxhura f (plural xhura, definite xhuraja)
References
edit- “xhura”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (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, , page 487