kurta
See also: kurtā
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hindi कुरता (kurtā)/Urdu کرتا (kurtā), from Classical Persian کرته (kurta).
Noun edit
kurta (plural kurtas)
- A traditional article of clothing worn in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, consisting of a loose, collarless, long-sleeved, knee-length shirt worn by both men and women.
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 44:
- Now her fingers began to unbutton the ivory studs that ran slantwise across the chest of his kurta.
Descendants edit
- → Polish: kurta
Translations edit
Indian shirt
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References edit
- “kurta”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “kurta”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “kurta”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “kurta” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
Anagrams edit
Afar edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kúrta m
References edit
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adjective edit
kurta (accusative singular kurtan, plural kurtaj, accusative plural kurtajn)
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin curta, feminine of curtus (“shortened”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
kurta (comparative kurtább, superlative legkurtább)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kurta | kurták |
accusative | kurtát | kurtákat |
dative | kurtának | kurtáknak |
instrumental | kurtával | kurtákkal |
causal-final | kurtáért | kurtákért |
translative | kurtává | kurtákká |
terminative | kurtáig | kurtákig |
essive-formal | kurtaként | kurtákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | kurtában | kurtákban |
superessive | kurtán | kurtákon |
adessive | kurtánál | kurtáknál |
illative | kurtába | kurtákba |
sublative | kurtára | kurtákra |
allative | kurtához | kurtákhoz |
elative | kurtából | kurtákból |
delative | kurtáról | kurtákról |
ablative | kurtától | kurtáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
kurtáé | kurtáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
kurtáéi | kurtákéi |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ kurta in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading edit
- kurta 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
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French court, German kurz, Italian corto, Spanish corto. Decision no. 224, Progreso IV.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
kurta
Derived terms edit
- kurte (“in short, briefly”)
- kurtigar (“to shorten”)
- plukurtigar (“to shorten, make (something) shorter”)
- kurteskar (“to contract, shrink”)
Latvian edit
Participle edit
kurta
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from Romanian scurtă or Hungarian kurta, from Latin curta.
Noun edit
kurta f
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from English kurta, from Hindi कुरता (kurtā).
Noun edit
kurta f
- kurta (loose, collarless, long-sleeved, knee-length shirt)
Declension edit
Declension of kurta
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Hindi.
Noun edit
kurta f (plural kurtas)
- kurta (a knee-length shirt used in southeast Asia)