Dur - Meaning, Origin, Popularity & Variations

Dur

dur'duhr'1 syllable
🇹🇷Turkish
Commanding

MEANING

Stop

ORIGIN

Turkish

ETYMOLOGY

Derived from the Turkish verb 'durmak' meaning 'to stop'.

CULTURAL NOTES

Commonly used in Turkish as a command in traffic signs.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Has been used in the Turkish language for centuries, primarily in the context of movement and cessation.

🇩🇪German
Short

MEANING

Hard

ORIGIN

German

ETYMOLOGY

Related to the German word 'dur' used in musical terminology to denote major scales.

CULTURAL NOTES

In German music theory, 'dur' signifies a major key or scale.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Widely used in the context of classical music and music education.

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