korma

See also: kormã

English

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korma

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• kurma, qorma, qoorma

Etymology

From Hindustani قورْمَہ (qorma) / क़ोरमा (qormā), from Classical Persian قورْمَه (qōrma) (from which Iranian Persian قُرْمِه (ġorme)), from Turkic (likely Ottoman Turkish قاورمه (kavurma, “roasted meat”), verbal noun of قاورمق (kavurmak)).

Noun

korma (countable and uncountable, plural kormas)

1. A curry made from various spices especially coriander and cumin; and often with yoghurt sauce or nuts.
   • 1831, Sandford Arnot (translator), “Indian Cookery, as Practised and Described by the Natives of the East”, in Miscellaneous Translations from Oriental Languages‎, volume I, London: J.L. Cox, retrieved 3 July 2016, page 18:

     No.6 COMPOSITION FOR MAKING KORMAH. Take Meat, ½ ser (1lb.)

References

Urban, Mateusz (2015), “The Treatment of Turkic Etymologies in English Lexicography”, in Studia Turcologica Cracoviensia‎, volume 15, page 219

Anagrams

• Komar, Marko, O mark, omkar

Hungarian

Etymology

korom +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkormɒ]
• Hyphenation: kor‧ma

Noun

korma

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of korom

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	korma	—
accusative	kormát	—
dative	kormának	—
instrumental	kormával	—
causal-final	kormáért	—
translative	kormává	—
terminative	kormáig	—
essive-formal	kormaként	—
essive-modal	kormául	—
inessive	kormában	—
superessive	kormán	—
adessive	kormánál	—
illative	kormába	—
sublative	kormára	—
allative	kormához	—
elative	kormából	—
delative	kormáról	—
ablative	kormától	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	kormáé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	kormáéi	—

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔr.ma]
• Hyphenation: kor‧ma

Noun

korma-korma (plural korma-korma)

1. (nonstandard) alternative spelling of kurma (“date”)

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian корм (korm).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkormɑ/, [ˈko̞rm]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkormɑ/, [ˈko̞rmɑ]
• Rhymes: -orm, -ormɑ
• Hyphenation: kor‧ma

Noun

korma

1. fodder

Declension

Declension of korma (type 3/koira, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	korma	kormat
genitive	korman	kormiin
partitive	kormaa	kormia
illative	kormaa	kormii
inessive	kormaas	kormiis
elative	kormast	kormist
allative	kormalle	kormille
adessive	kormaal	kormiil
ablative	kormalt	kormilt
translative	kormaks	kormiks
essive	kormanna, kormaan	korminna, kormiin
exessive1)	kormant	kormint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Hypernyms

• rooka (“food”)

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 195

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian корма (korma, “stern”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔrma]

Noun

korma f (relational adjective kormový)

1. stern (rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Declension

Declension of korma
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	korma	kormy
genitive	kormy	koriem
dative	korme	kormám
accusative	kormu	kormy
locative	korme	kormách
instrumental	kormou	kormami

Further reading

• “korma”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025