curmală

Romanian

niște curmale

Etymology

Back-formation from curmale, plural of an earlier form *curma, from Greek χουρμάς (chourmás), from Ottoman Turkish خرما (hurma), from Persian خرما (xormâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kurˈma.lə/

Noun

curmală f (plural curmale)

1. date (fruit of the date palm)

Declension

Declension of curmală

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) curmală	curmala	(niște) curmale	curmalele
genitive/dative	(unei) curmale	curmalei	(unor) curmale	curmalelor
vocative	curmală, curmalo		curmalelor

Derived terms

• curmal

References

• curmală in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)