uğru

See also: ugru

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اوغری‎ (oğrı, “thief, robber; direction”), from Proto-Turkic *ogrï (“thief”).

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰆𐰍𐰺𐰃‎ (oγrï /⁠uǧr¹i⁠/, “thief”), Azerbaijani oğru, Karakhanid اغری‎ (oγrï), Uyghur ئوغرى‎ (oghri), Uzbek oʻgʻri, Kazakh ұры (ūry), Kyrgyz ууру (uuru), Bashkir уғры (uğrı), Yakut уор (uor), Chuvash вӑрӑ (vără).

Noun

uğru (definite accusative uğruyu, plural uğrular)

  1. (obsolete, dialectal) thief, burglar
    Synonym: hırsız

Declension

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Derived terms
  • uğrulamak
  • uğruluk
  • uğrun
  • uğrun uğrun

Further reading
  • uğru in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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