tarka
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tarka
See also: tarką
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani तड़का / تڑکا (taṛkā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑː(ɹ)kə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
tarka (uncountable)
- (South Asia, cooking) Heated oil or ghee in which spices and onion, etc. are well-stirred and browned.
Derived terms
Translations
method of tempering spices in hot oil
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Anagrams
Estonian
Adjective
tarka
Hungarian
Etymology
From the dialectal tar (“variegated”) + -ka (diminutive suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
tarka (comparative tarkább, superlative legtarkább)
- 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 |
Derived terms
Compound words
References
- ^ 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)
Derived terms
Pitjantjatjara
Pronunciation
Noun
tarka
Derived terms
- nganaṉṯarka (“kin, relations”)
- tarkaṉi (“to cut to the bone, to cut to the quick”)
- tarkauḻṯu (“native millet (Panicum decompositum, Australian millet)”)
- tarka-tarka (“bony, skinny”)
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tьrka. By surface analysis, trzeć + -ka.
Noun
tarka f
- washboard (board used to hand wash laundry)
- Synonym: tara
- washboard (percussion instrument)
- grater (tool with which one grates)
- (malacology) radula
Derived terms
verb
- tarkować impf
Related terms
nouns
verb
- trzeć impf
Etymology 2
Noun
tarka f
- blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
- Synonyms: śliwa tarnina, tarnina, tarń
- sloe (fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa)
- Synonyms: ciarka, cierniówka, tarnina
Declension
Declension of tarka
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