taşra
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish طشره, 19th century alteration of طشاری (modern dışarı). Doublet of dışarı.
Noun
edittaşra (definite accusative taşrayı, plural taşralar)
- Alternative form of dışarı (“outside; provinces; foreign lands”)
Adverb
edittaşra
- Alternative form of dışarı (“outside, abroad”)
References
edit- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “taşra”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طشره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1240