oğru

== Azerbaijani == === Etymology === From Proto-Turkic *ogrï (“thief”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰆𐰍𐰺𐰃 (oγrï /⁠uǧr¹i⁠/, “thief”), Karakhanid اُغْریٖ (oγrï), Turkish uğru, Uyghur ئوغرى (oghri), Uzbek oʻgʻri, Kazakh ұры (ūry), Kyrgyz ууру (uuru), Bashkir уғры (uğrı), Yakut уор (uor), Chuvash вӑрӑ (vără). The sense career criminal is likely a 20th century semantic loan from Russian вор в законе (vor v zakone). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [oɣˈru] Hyphenation: oğ‧ru === Noun === oğru (definite accusative oğrunu, plural oğrular) thief, burglar inək oğrusu ― cattle thief thief in law, career criminal Synonyms: lotu, qanuni oğru, vorzakon oğru aləmi ― the underworld, the criminal society ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== oğurbaşı (“leader of a thief crew”) oğurlamaq (“to steal”) oğurluq (“theft, stealing”) oğru-əyri (“thieves, criminals, thugs”) oğru-quldur (“thieves and rubbers”) oğrun (“furtively, secretively”, adjective, adverb) ==== Related terms ==== qanuni oğru (“thief in law”) === References ===