sûr

Meaning

Noun

citywall, rampart

Adj

salty

Concepts

castle

🏰

wall

Synonyms

asêgeh

birc

kel

qele

dîwar

Translations

burcht

castello

🏰

turris

sloot

castèl

castell

🏰

Schloß

Burg

🏰

arx

Kastell

kasteel

🏰

château

🏰

slot

🔒

castelo

🏰

Pronounced as (IPA)

/suːɾ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic: سور

Cognate with Persian: شور

Cognate with Lithuanian: sūrus

Cognate with Russian: соль

Cognate with English: sour

In summary

From Arabic سور (sūr, “rampart”).