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Where does “tughra” come from?

tughra (English) comes from Turkish tuğra, from Ottoman Turkish طغرا, from Proto-Turkic *tuġraġ.

tughra (English): A calligraphic signature of an Ottoman sultan ...

Definitions

  1. A calligraphic signature of an Ottoman sultan ...

Ancestry of “tughra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishtuğratughra
2Ottoman Turkishطغراtughra
3Proto-Turkic*tuġraġ—
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