English

Noun

tharra ‎(uncountable)

1. An alcoholic drink of North India and Pakistan, made from from yeast fermentation of sugar cane or wheat husk, and often brewed illegally.

Gamilaraay

Alternative forms

• dharra

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *dharrang, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *carra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ara/ (reconstructed)

Noun

tharra

1. (anatomy) thigh

References

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
• Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɾˠə/

Noun

tharra

1. Lenited form of tarra.

Ngiyambaa

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *dharrang, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *carra.

Noun

tharra

1. (anatomy) thigh