different between offering vs torma

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??f????/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??f????/
• (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /??f????/

Verb

offering

1. present participle of offer

Noun

offering (plural offerings)

1. The act by which something is offered.
2. That which has been offered; a sacrifice.
3. An oblation or presentation made as a religious act.
4. A contribution given at a religious service.
5. Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.

Derived terms

• burnt offering
• peace offering

Related terms

• offer
• offertory
• oblate
• oblation

Translations

References

• offering in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• offering in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan ?????? (gtor ma).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t??m?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t??m?/

Noun

torma (plural tormas)

1. A figure, made mostly of flour and butter, used in tantric rituals or as an offering in Tibetan Buddhism.

Anagrams

• Morta, Toram, amort, morat

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *turma (“radish”), from an Iranian language. Compare Turkish turp (“radish”), Persian ???? (torob, “radish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?torm?]
• Hyphenation: tor?ma
• Rhymes: -m?

Noun

torma (plural tormák)

1. horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)

Declension

Derived terms

• vízitorma

Further reading

• torma in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin turma. Compare Portuguese turma, Romanian turm?.

Noun

torma f (plural torme)

1. crowd, throng

Anagrams

• morta, tarmo, tarmò, tramo, tramò

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?rma]

Noun

torma

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