safra

See also: safrà

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsafra]

Interjection

safra

1. darn

   Synonym: sakra

Related terms

• See sakra

Further reading

• “safra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “safra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Maltese

Root
s-f-r
8 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaf.ra/

Etymology 1

From Arabic سَفْرَة (safra).

Noun

safra f (plural safriet)

1. a trip, voyage abroad, an instance of such travel

Etymology 2

See the lemma.

Adjective

safra f

1. feminine singular of isfar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَفَر (safar, “journey, travel”). Cognate with Spanish zafra (“sugar cane harvest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.fɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -afɾɐ
• Hyphenation: sa‧fra

Noun

safra f (plural safras)

1. harvest
2. crop

Related terms

• safári

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /safˈɾa/
• Hyphenation: saf‧ra

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish صافره, from Byzantine Greek σαβούρα (saboúra).

Noun

safra (definite accusative safrayı, plural safralar)

1. ballast

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish صفرا (safra), from Arabic صَفْرَاء (ṣafrāʔ). Cognate with Azerbaijani səfra and Uzbek safro.

Adjective

safra

1. (obsolete) yellow

Noun

safra (definite accusative safrayı, plural safralar)

1. bile

   Synonym: öd

Derived terms

• safra kesesi

 

References

• Kahane, Henry R., Kahane, Renée, Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, § 837, page 561
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “safra1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN