gura
/ɡura/
mainly Balkar word
turkey, the large domestic fowl — Several dictionaries gloss it as the male bird in particular (a tom turkey). Also in the phrase gura qılıq (a stubborn, wayward temper). Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989 marks the word as Balkar, while Nevruz 1991 and Guzeev 1996–2005 give it with no variety label.
- gura but — a turkey leg
- gura qanat — a turkey wing
- semiz gura — a fat turkey
- atam semiz gura aldı — my father bought a fat turkey
- gura ullu boladı — the turkey grows big
- gura ullu üy qanatlıdı — the turkey is a large domestic bird
Expressions
- gura qılığı tutarğa — fly into a sulk
No tables are shown for Balkar meanings: the forms on this site are built by Karachay rules.