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Tur Turek Players
Tur or TUR may refer to: Religious works * ''Arba'ah Turim'', a work of Jewish law, also known as the ''Tur'' * At-Tur, the 52nd sura of the Qur'an People * Ali Tur (1889–1977), French architect * Jacob ben Asher, German rabbinic authority, author of ''Arba'ah Turim'', also known as "the Tur" or "the Baal Haturim" * Jan Tur (1875–1942), Polish zoologist * Katy Tur, American author and journalist * Marc Tur (born 1994), Spanish race walker * Mohan Singh Tur (1915–1979), Indian politician, Jathedar (Head) of Akal Takht, Amritsar, Punjab from 1962 to 1963 * Naphtali Wolf Tur (died 1885), Russian Hebrew poet * Nuncia María Tur, Argentinian botanist with the standard botanical author abbreviation "Tur" * Tur (Shahnameh), son of Fereydun and predecessor of the Turanians * Zoey Tur, American broadcast reporter Places Settlements * El-Tor, Egypt, also known as Tur * Tur, Markazi, a village in Markazi province, Iran * Tur, South Khorasan, a village in South Khorasan pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arba'ah Turim
''Arba'ah Turim'' (), often called simply the ''Tur'', is an important Halakha#Codes of Jewish law, Halakhic code composed by Yaakov ben Asher (Cologne, 1270 – Toledo, Spain c. 1340, also referred to as ''Ba'al Ha-Turim''). The four-part structure of the ''Tur'' and its division into chapters (''simanim'') were adopted by the later code ''Shulchan Aruch''. This was the first book to be printed in Southeast Europe and the Near East. Meaning of the name The title of the work in Hebrew language, Hebrew means "four rows", in allusion to the jewels on the Priestly breastplate, High Priest's breastplate. Each of the four divisions of the work is a "Tur", so a particular passage may be cited as "Tur Orach Chayim, siman 22", meaning "Orach Chayim division, chapter 22". This was later misunderstood as meaning "Tur, Orach Chayim, chapter 22" (to distinguish it from the corresponding passage in the Shulchan Aruch), so that "Tur" came to be used as the title of the whole work. Arran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuř
Tuř is a municipality and village in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants. History In 2019, the village of Hubálov, originally part of Tuř, was joined to Jičín Jičín (; or ''Gitschin'') is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservatio .... The transfer of the entire cadastral territory is unique in the modern history of the country. Demographics Notes References External links * Villages in Jičín District {{HradecKralove-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Language
Turkish ( , , also known as 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, a member of Oghuz languages, Oghuz branch with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languages of Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, other parts of Europe, the South Caucasus, and some parts of Central Asia, Iraqi Turkmen, Iraq, and Syrian Turkmen, Syria. Turkish is the List of languages by total number of speakers, 18th-most spoken language in the world. To the west, the influence of Ottoman Turkish language, Ottoman Turkish—the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire—spread as the Ottoman Empire expanded. In 1928, as one of Atatürk's reforms in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, the Persian alphabet, Perso-Arabic script-based Ottoman Turkish alphabet was repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tur (cuneiform)
The cuneiform sign for tur is used to denote one syllabic usage, ''tur'', or the sign's Sumerograms; it is used in the Epic of Gilgamesh and the 14th century BC Amarna letters. The sign is based on the i (cuneiform) sign, with the one small added vertical stroke. Besides ''tur'', it is for Sumerograms (logograms) BÀN, DUMU, and TUR. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, it is used in the following numbers: ''tur''-(11 times), ''BÀN''-(3), ''DUMU''-(25), ''TUR''-(2). The large usage of ''DUMU'' in the Epic is for the Sumerogram being the equivalent of "son", Akkadian language "māru". Amarna letter usage In the Amarna letters, the topic of Amarna letter EA 296, ''Under the Yoke,'' is the guarding of two cities, at the city gate; also the man authoring the letter, Yabitiri-(Yahtiru)-(governor?) of City? gives his history of going to Egypt to be trained with the Pharaoh, EA 296, line 25 ( tablet reverse): ''"... (25) "i-nu- ma TUR a-na-ku", (26) he (Yanhamu) took me to (Egypt) Misri (27). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tur (bean)
The pigeon pea (''Cajanus cajan'') or toor dal is a perennial legume from the family Fabaceae native to the Eastern Hemisphere. The pigeon pea is widely cultivated in tropical and semitropical regions around the world, being commonly consumed in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Etymology and other names Scientific epithet The scientific name for the genus ''Cajanus'' and the species ''cajan'' derive from the Malay word ''katjang'' (modern spelling: kacang) meaning legume in reference to the bean of the plant. Common English names In English they are commonly referred to as pigeon pea which originates from the historical utilization of the pulse as pigeon fodder in Barbados. The term Congo pea and Angola pea developed due to the presence of its cultivation in Africa and the association of its utilization with those of African descent. The names no-eye pea and red gram both refer to the characteristics of the seed, with no-eye pea in referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurochs
The aurochs (''Bos primigenius''; or ; pl.: aurochs or aurochsen) is an extinct species of Bovini, bovine, considered to be the wild ancestor of modern domestic cattle. With a shoulder height of up to in bulls and in cows, it was one of the largest herbivores in the Holocene; it had massive elongated and broad horns that reached in length. The aurochs was part of the Pleistocene megafauna. It probably evolved in Asia and migrated west and north during warm interglacial periods. The oldest-known aurochs fossils date to the Middle Pleistocene. The species had an expansive range spanning from Western Europe and North Africa to the Indian subcontinent and East Asia. The distribution of the aurochs progressively contracted during the Holocene due to habitat loss and hunting, with the last known individual dying in the Jaktorów forest in Poland in 1627. There is a long history of interaction between aurochs and humans, including archaic hominins like Neanderthals. The aurochs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tur (mite)
''Tur'' is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae The Laelapidae are a family of mites in the order Mesostigmata. The family is also referred to in the literature as Laelaptidae, which may be the correct spelling. Description Laelapidae have a shield covering all or most of the dorsal surface .... Species * '' Tur amazonicus'' * '' Tur apicalis'' * '' Tur aymara'' * '' Tur lativentralis'' * '' Tur megistoproctus'' Gettinger & Bergallo, 2003 * '' Tur turki'' Fonseca * '' Tur uniscutatus'' References Laelapidae {{Laelapidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Caucasian Tur
The West Caucasian tur (''Capra caucasica'') is a mountain-dwelling goat-antelope native to the western half of the Caucasus Mountains range, in Georgia and European Russia. Names and taxonomy It is also known by the names "zebuder," "zac" and "Caucasian ibex." The East Caucasian tur is sometimes considered a subspecies of this species, though some separate the two out as different species. There is a third intermediate form that lives between the two called the Mid-Caucasian tur. Description West Caucasian turs stand up to tall at the shoulder and weigh around . They have large but narrow bodies and short legs. West Caucasian turs have a chestnut coat with a yellow underbelly and darker legs. Their horns are scimitar-shaped and heavily ridged. In males, these horns are around , while in females they are much smaller. They are sexually dimorphic, with the males larger than the females. Habitat West Caucasian turs live in rough mountainous terrain between above sea level, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Caucasian Tur
The East Caucasian tur (''Capra cylindricornis''), also known as the Daghestani tur, is a mountain-dwelling caprine living in the eastern half of the Greater Caucasus mountains, in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and European Russia. It inhabits rough mountainous terrain, where it eats mainly grasses and leaves. It is listed as near threatened on the IUCN Red List. Description East Caucasian turs are goat-like animals with large but narrow bodies and short legs, and show significant sexual dimorphism in overall size and horn development. Adult males stand about at the shoulder, measure in head-body length, and weigh around . The equivalent figures for adult females are for shoulder height, for head-body length, and just for weight. Males have slightly lyre-shaped horns which reach in length, while in females they are typically only long. The summer coat is short and sandy-yellow, with dirty white underparts. Also, dark brown stripes occur along the front surface of the legs and on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey Street Railway Station
Turkey Street is a station on the Weaver line of the London Overground, located in the Bullsmoor area to the north of Enfield in north London. It is down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between and stations on the Southbury Loop section of the Lea Valley lines. It is in Travelcard Zone 6. History The railway line from Bury Street Junction, north of the current Edmonton Green station, to was opened by the Great Eastern Railway on 1 October 1891. It was known as the Churchbury Loop. The district served by the line was still predominantly rural, and the coming of the tram to Waltham Cross in 1904 saw the railway unable to compete. Passenger services ceased on 1 October 1909, but were reinstated for the benefit of munitions workers between 1 March 1915 and 1 July 1919. After that the line was only served by freight trains until the line was electrified as part of a wider scheme, and Turkey Street station reopened to passengers on 21 November 1960. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tur (river)
The Tur () is a tributary of the river Tisza. Its sources are located in the Oaș Mountains in Romania. The Tur starts at the confluence of its headwaters, the ''Gorova'' and ''Turișor''. It then flows through Satu Mare County in Romania. The main town on the Tur is Negrești-Oaș. The river then forms the border between Romania and Ukraine on a reach of , and the border between Romania and Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ... for . The Tur joins the Tisza river near Szatmárcseke in Hungary. Its basin size is .Analysis of the Tisza River Basin 2007 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaj
Blaj (; archaically spelled as ''Blaș''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Blußendref'') is a city in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 17,816 inhabitants as of 2021. The city administers eight villages: Deleni-Obârșie (''Obursatanya''), Flitești, Izvoarele (until 1960 ''Ciufud''; ''Csufud''), Mănărade (''Monora''), Petrisat (''Magyarpéterfalva''), Spătac (''Szászpatak''), Tiur (''Tűr''), and Veza (''Véza''). The city was the principal religious and cultural center of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church in Transylvania. History Blaj is first mentioned in 1271 as ''Villa Herbordi'', after the deed of a Count Herbod. In 1313, the domain passed to Herbod's son Blasius Cserei and the town was mentioned as ''Blasii''. Started as a hamlet for the twenty families of servants of the noble's court, it was awarded town status on May 19, 1737. Blaj is the principal religious and cultural center of Greek Catholics in Transylvania. At 27 October 1687 begins th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
