doru

See also: Doru, dorú, and dōru

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru).

Noun

doru (plural dorus)

  1. Alternative form of dory (spear)

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

doru

  1. Rōmaji transcription of どる
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ドル

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طوری (doru, dorı),[1][2] from Proto-Turkic *tōrug (bay).[3][4] Cognate with Turkmen dor, Old Turkic 𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰍 (toruɣ), Karakhanid تُرُغْ (toruɣ), Uyghur تورۇق (toruq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doˈru/
  • Hyphenation: do‧ru

Adjective

doru

  1. (of a horse) reddish-brown, bay

Declension

Derived terms

  • kestane dorusu
  • yağız doru

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طوری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1255
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طوری”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 816
  3. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “toruğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 538
  4. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “doru”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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