tarka

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See also: tarką

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani तड़का / تڑکا (taṛkā), Punjabi ਤੜਕਾ (taṛkā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑː(ɹ)kə/
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Noun

tarka (uncountable)

  1. (South Asia, cooking) Heated oil or ghee in which spices and onion, etc. are well-stirred and browned.

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Estonian

Adjective

tarka

  1. partitive singular of tark
  2. illative singular of tark

Hungarian

Etymology

From the dialectal tar (variegated) +‎ -ka (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

tarka (comparative tarkább, superlative legtarkább)

  1. variegated
    Antonym: egyszínű

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative tarka tarkák
accusative tarkát tarkákat
dative tarkának tarkáknak
instrumental tarkával tarkákkal
causal-final tarkáért tarkákért
translative tarkává tarkákká
terminative tarkáig tarkákig
essive-formal tarkaként tarkákként
essive-modal
inessive tarkában tarkákban
superessive tarkán tarkákon
adessive tarkánál tarkáknál
illative tarkába tarkákba
sublative tarkára tarkákra
allative tarkához tarkákhoz
elative tarkából tarkákból
delative tarkáról tarkákról
ablative tarkától tarkáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
tarkáé tarkáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
tarkáéi tarkákéi

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Compound words

References

  1. ^ tarka in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • tarka in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian tarca, variant of targa, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *targǭ.

Pronunciation

Noun

tarka f (plural tarek or tarki)

  1. shield

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Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

Noun

tarka

  1. bone
  2. stem, stalk

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Polish

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tьrka. By surface analysis, trzeć +‎ -ka.

Noun

tarka f

  1. washboard (board used to hand wash laundry)
    Synonym: tara
  2. washboard (percussion instrument)
  3. grater (tool with which one grates)
  4. (malacology) radula
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Etymology 2

From tarń +‎ -ka.

Noun

tarka f

  1. blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
    Synonyms: śliwa tarnina, tarnina, tarń
  2. sloe (fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa)
    Synonyms: ciarka, cierniówka, tarnina
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Further reading

  • tarka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tarka in Polish dictionaries at PWN