τούρτα

Greek edit

A typical τούρτα.

Inherited from Ancient Greek τούρτα (“kind of baked bread”),^[1] from Latin turta, perhaps ultimately from Latin tŏrta (“twisted”).
The association with a "round cake" is an influence by the Italian torta.^[2]

τούρτα • (toúrta) f (plural τούρτες)

declension of τούρτα

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	τούρτα •	τούρτες •
genitive	τούρτας •	—
accusative	τούρτα •	τούρτες •
vocative	τούρτα •	τούρτες •
The genitive plural 'τουρτών' is uncommon and considered awkward.

^ τούρτα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
^ τούρτα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre