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tughra

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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.

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History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: طغراء — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Bulgarian: тура (tura) — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花押 (huāyā) — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Dutch: tughra — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Finnish: tughra — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • French: tuğra — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • German: Tughra — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Greek: τουρά (tourá) — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Greek: τουράς (tourás) — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Greek: τουγρά (tougrá) — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Greek: τουγράς (tougrás) — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Hebrew: טורה — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Hungarian: tuğra — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Italian: tughra — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Japanese: トゥグラ (tugura) — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Kazakh: тұғра (tūğra) — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Kyrgyz: тугра (tugra) — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Latvian: tugra — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Lithuanian: tugra — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Norwegian: tugra — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Persian: طغرا (toġrâ) — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Polish: tugra — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Portuguese: tugra — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Russian: тугра (tugra) — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Serbo-Croatian: tugra — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Serbo-Croatian: tughra — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Slovene: tugra — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Spanish: tughra — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Swedish: tugra — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Thai: ตราพระปรมาภิไธยทูกรา — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Turkish: tuğra — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Ottoman Turkish: طغرا (tuğra) — signature of an Ottoman sultan
  • Uzbek: tugʻro — signature of an Ottoman sultan