different between qorma vs torma

English

Noun

qorma (plural qormas)

1. Alternative spelling of korma
   • 2001, ?I?mat Cug?h?t???, Tahira Naqvi, My friend, my enemy: essays, reminiscences, portraits

     "Ai Manto Sahib, who uses turmeric in qorma?" Safia asked in horror. And he launched into an argument with her.

   • 2001, Jahanara Habibullah, Remembrance of Days Past (page 90)

     The two main curries served in Rampur were the qaliya and the qorma.

   • 2005, Shaila Abdullah, Beyond the Cayenne Wall

     She glanced quickly at the thick meat qorma curry simmering quietly on the other stove and then rushed to the phone.

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