"tughra" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tughras [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish tuğra, from Ottoman Turkish طغرا (tuğra). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|tr|tuğra}} Turkish tuğra, {{der|en|ota|طغرا|tr=tuğra}} Ottoman Turkish طغرا (tuğra) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tughra (plural tughras)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: Mahmud II, tughra Categories (topical): Writing Synonyms: toughra Related terms: royal cypher, imperial cypher Translations (signature of an Ottoman sultan): طغراء (Arabic), тура (tura) (Bulgarian), 花押 (huāyā) (Chinese Mandarin), tughra (Dutch), tughra (Finnish), tuğra (French), Tughra (German), τουρά (tourá) [feminine] (Greek), τουράς (tourás) [masculine] (Greek), τουγρά (tougrá) [feminine] (Greek), τουγράς (tougrás) [masculine] (Greek), טורה (Hebrew), tuğra (Hungarian), tughra (Italian), トゥグラ (tugura) (Japanese), тұғра (tūğra) (Kazakh), tugra (Latvian), tugra (Lithuanian), tugra (Norwegian), طغرا (tuğra) (Ottoman Turkish), طغرا (toğrâ) (Persian), tugra (Polish), tugra [feminine] (Portuguese), тугра (tugra) (Russian), tugra (Serbo-Croatian), tughra (Serbo-Croatian), tugra (Slovene), tughra (Spanish), tugra (Swedish), ตราพระปรมาภิไธยทูกรา (Thai), tuğra (Turkish)

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