tughra

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noun

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.

OriginTurkish tuğra ← Ottoman Turkish طغرا →
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Meanings

nountughra (plural tughras)

plural tughras · alternative toughra

  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.

Origin

  1. Ottoman Turkishطغرا
  2. Turkishtuğra
  3. Englishtughra

Borrowed from Turkish tuğra, from Ottoman Turkish طغرا (tuğra).

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Translations

Arabic طغراء
  • طغراءsignature of an Ottoman sultan
Bulgarian тура
  • тура (tura)signature of an Ottoman sultan
Chinese Mandarin 花押
  • 花押 (huāyā)signature of an Ottoman sultan
Dutch tughra
  • tughrasignature of an Ottoman sultan
Finnish tughra
  • tughrasignature of an Ottoman sultan
French tuğra
  • tuğrasignature of an Ottoman sultan
German Tughra
  • Tughrasignature of an Ottoman sultan
Greek τουρά, τουράς
  • τουρά (tourá)signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • τουράς (tourás)signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • τουγρά (tougrá)signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • τουγράς (tougrás)signature of an Ottoman sultan
Hebrew טורה
  • טורהsignature of an Ottoman sultan
Hindi तुग़रा
  • तुग़रा (tuġrā)signature of an Ottoman sultan
Hungarian tuğra
  • tuğrasignature of an Ottoman sultan
Italian tughra
  • tughrasignature of an Ottoman sultan
Japanese トゥグラ
  • トゥグラ (tugura)signature of an Ottoman sultan
Latvian tugra
  • tugrasignature of an Ottoman sultan
Lithuanian tugra
  • tugrasignature of an Ottoman sultan
Norwegian tugra
  • tugrasignature of an Ottoman sultan
Persian طغرا
  • طغرا (toġrâ)signature of an Ottoman sultan
Polish tugra
  • tugrasignature of an Ottoman sultan
Portuguese tugra
  • tugrasignature of an Ottoman sultan
Russian тугра
  • тугра (tugra)signature of an Ottoman sultan
Spanish tughra
  • tughrasignature of an Ottoman sultan
Swedish tugra
  • tugrasignature of an Ottoman sultan
Thai ตราพระปรมาภิไธยทูกรา
  • ตราพระปรมาภิไธยทูกราsignature of an Ottoman sultan
Turkish tuğra
  • tuğrasignature of an Ottoman sultan

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ghutraTugrah
Cite this entry
APA

tughra. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tughra

MLA

“tughra.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tughra. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tughra,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tughra.

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