doru

See also: Doru, dorú, and dōru

English

Etymology

PIE word
*dóru

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru).

Noun

doru (plural dorus)

  1. Alternative form of dory (spear).

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

doru

  1. Rōmaji transcription of どる
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ドル

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdoː.ru/

Noun

dōru

  1. nominative/accusative plural of dōr

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طوری (doru, dorı),[1][2] from Proto-Turkic *tōrug (bay).[3][4] Cognate with Turkmen dor, Old Turkic 𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰍 (toruɣ), Karakhanid تُرُغْ (toruɣ), Uyghur تورۇق (toruq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doˈru/
  • Hyphenation: do‧ru

Adjective

doru

  1. (of a horse) reddish-brown, bay

Declension

Predicative forms of doru
present tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I am) doruyum doru muyum?
sen (you are) dorusun doru musun?
o (he/she/it is) doru / dorudur doru mu?
biz (we are) doruyuz doru muyuz?
siz (you are) dorusunuz doru musunuz?
onlar (they are) doru(lar) doru(lar) mı?
past tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) doruydum doru muydum?
sen (you were) doruydun doru muydun?
o (he/she/it was) doruydu doru muydu?
biz (we were) doruyduk doru muyduk?
siz (you were) doruydunuz doru muydunuz?
onlar (they were) doruydular doru muydular?
indirect past
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) doruymuşum doru muymuşum?
sen (you were) doruymuşsun doru muymuşsun?
o (he/she/it was) doruymuş doru muymuş?
biz (we were) doruymuşuz doru muymuşuz?
siz (you were) doruymuşsunuz doru muymuşsunuz?
onlar (they were) doruymuşlar doru muymuşlar?
conditional
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (if I) doruysam doru muysam?
sen (if you) doruysan doru muysan?
o (if he/she/it) doruysa doru muysa?
biz (if we) doruysak doru muysak?
siz (if you) doruysanız doru muysanız?
onlar (if they) doruysalar doru muysalar?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms

  • kestane dorusu
  • yağız doru

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طوری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1255
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طوری”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 816
  3. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “toruğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 538
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “doru”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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