ثغا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ثَغَا (ṯaḡā).

Noun

ثغا • (süğa)

  1. bleating of sheep or goats

References

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “ثغا”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[1], Vienna, column 1524
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ثغا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 625