torma

Borrowed from Tibetan གཏོར་མ (gtor ma).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɹmə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔːmə/

torma (plural tormas)

1. A figure, made mostly of flour and butter, used in tantric rituals or as an offering in Tibetan Buddhism.
   • 2009 March 30, Edward Wong, “With Explosions of Color, Tibetan Art Flourishes”, in New York Times‎:

     They make and assemble tormas, which are offering cakes.

• Morta, Toram, amort, morat

From Proto-Turkic *turma (“radish”). Compare Turkish turp (“radish”), Persian ترب‎ (torob, “radish”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtormɒ]
• Hyphenation: tor‧ma
• Rhymes: -mɒ

torma (plural tormák)

1. horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)

• vízitorma

• 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

From Latin turma. Compare Portuguese turma, Romanian turmă.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtor.ma/
• Rhymes: -orma
• Hyphenation: tór‧ma

torma f (plural torme)

1. crowd, throng

• morta, tarmo, tarmò, tramo, tramò

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔrma]

torma

1. genitive singular of torm
2. nominative dual of torm
3. accusative dual of torm