torma
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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.
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *turma (“radish”). Compare Turkish turp (“radish”), Persian ترب (torob, “radish”).
Pronunciation
Noun
torma (plural tormák)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Possessive forms of torma | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 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
Italian
Etymology
From Latin turma. Compare Portuguese turma, Romanian turmă.
Pronunciation
Noun
torma f (plural torme)
Anagrams
Kashubian
Etymology
Pronunciation
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
- “torma”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Noun
torma
- genitive singular of torm
- nominative dual of torm
- accusative dual of torm
Salar
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Related to Salar torı. From Proto-Turkic *tōr-.
Maybe Salar torı + 马 (mǎ, “horse”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
torma
- chesnut (of a horse)
Noun
torma
References
- Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “torma”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 514
Etymology 2
Derived from Amdo Tibetan Related to Tibetan (gtorma).
Pronunciation
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