torma
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Tibetan གཏོར་མ (gtor ma).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɔɹmə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɔːmə/
Noun
torma (plural tormas)
- A figure, made mostly of flour and butter, used in tantric rituals or as an offering in Tibetan Buddhism.
- 2009 March 30, Edward Wong, “With Explosions of Color, Tibetan Art Flourishes”, in New York Times[1]:
- They make and assemble tormas, which are offering cakes.
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *turma (“radish”). Compare Turkish turp (“radish”), Persian ترب (torob, “radish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtormɒ]
- Hyphenation: tor‧ma
- Rhymes: -mɒ
Noun
torma (plural tormák)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | torma | tormák |
| accusative | tormát | tormákat |
| dative | tormának | tormáknak |
| instrumental | tormával | tormákkal |
| causal-final | tormáért | tormákért |
| translative | tormává | tormákká |
| terminative | tormáig | tormákig |
| essive-formal | tormaként | tormákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | tormában | tormákban |
| superessive | tormán | tormákon |
| adessive | tormánál | tormáknál |
| illative | tormába | tormákba |
| sublative | tormára | tormákra |
| allative | tormához | tormákhoz |
| elative | tormából | tormákból |
| delative | tormáról | tormákról |
| ablative | tormától | tormáktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
tormáé | tormáké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
tormáéi | tormákéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | tormám | tormáim |
| 2nd person sing. | tormád | tormáid |
| 3rd person sing. | tormája | tormái |
| 1st person plural | tormánk | tormáink |
| 2nd person plural | tormátok | tormáitok |
| 3rd person plural | tormájuk | tormáik |
Derived terms
Further reading
- torma in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin turma. Compare Portuguese turma, Romanian turmă.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtor.ma/
- Rhymes: -orma
- Hyphenation: tór‧ma
Noun
torma f (plural torme)
Anagrams
Kashubian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɔr.ma/
- Rhymes: -ɔrma
- Syllabification: tor‧ma
Noun
torma f
Further reading
- Stefan Ramułt (1893) “torma”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 214
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “wieża”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[2]
- “torma”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɔrma]
Noun
torma
Salar
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Related to Salar torı. From Proto-Turkic *tōr-.
Maybe torı + Mandarin 馬 / 马 (mǎ, “horse”).
Pronunciation
- (Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [tormɑ]
Adjective
torma
- chestnut (of a horse)
Noun
torma
- chestnut-colored horse
References
- Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “torma”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 514
Etymology 2
Derived from Amdo Tibetan [Term?] Related to Tibetan གཏོར་མ (gtor ma).
Pronunciation
- (Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [tormɑ]
Noun
torma
- figurines of people and animals made of clay or spell dough
References
- Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “torma”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 514