adj. Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce.n. The rough breathing; a mark (ʽ) placed over an initial vowel sound or over ρ to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus "ws, pronounced hōs, "rh`twr, pronounced hrā"tōr.n. A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.