tughra

English

The tughra of sultan Mahmud II.

Alternative forms

toughra

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish tuğra,[1] from Ottoman Turkish طغرا (tuğra).

Noun

tughra (plural tughras)

A calligraphic signature of an Ottoman sultan (and some other rulers to the present day) that was affixed to official documents, carved on his seal, and stamped on coins and inscribed on some stamps issued during his reign.

Translations

signature of an Ottoman sultan

Arabic: طغراء
Bulgarian: тура (bg) (tura)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 花押 (zh) (huāyā)
Dutch: tughra
Finnish: tughra
French: tuğra (fr)
German: Tughra
Greek: τουρά (el) f (tourá), τουράς (el) m (tourás), τουγρά (el) f (tougrá), τουγράς (el) m (tougrás)
Hebrew: טורה (he)
Hungarian: tuğra
Italian: tughra
Japanese: トゥグラ (tugura)
Kazakh: тұғра (tūğra)
Latvian: tugra
Lithuanian: tugra
Norwegian: tugra
Ottoman Turkish: طغرا (tuğra)
Persian: طغرا (fa) (toğrâ)
Polish: tugra
Portuguese: tugra f
Russian: тугра (ru) (tugra)
Serbo-Croatian: tugra, tughra
Slovene: tugra
Spanish: tughra
Swedish: tugra
Thai: ตราพระปรมาภิไธยทูกรา
Turkish: tuğra (tr)

See also

References

"toughra." *OED 2nd edition. 1989. (online)

Anagrams

ghutra, raught

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