icra

Meaning

  1. Converting musical notations into sound; playing or operating a musical instrument.
  2. The process of debt collection by a lender through a judicial body, by confiscation of assets as collateral; foreclosure.
  3. The bureau of a courthouse that handles foreclosure cases.
  4. (archaic) Executing, implementing, performing a job, an art, a sport etc.

Frequency

21k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/id͡ʒˈɾaː/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اجرا (icra, “letting water flow, letting an event take its course, putting a law into execution, implementation, practicing, performing, working”), from Arabic إِجْرَاء (ʔijrāʔ, “procedure, work, deed”).

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