kurta

See also: kurtā

English

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kurta

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• khurta
• kurti

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi कुरता (kurtā)/Urdu کرتا (kurtā), from Classical Persian کرته (kurta).

Pronunciation

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Noun

kurta (plural kurtas)

1. 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

• → Polish: kurta

Translations

Indian shirt

Arabic: قرطق Bengali: কুরতা (kurota) Dutch: kurta Finnish: kurta (fi) French: kurta (fr) German: Kurta (de) Gujarati: ઝભ્ભો (gu) (jhabhbho) Hindi: कुरता (hi) m (kurtā), कुर्ता (hi) m (kurtā) Hungarian: kurtá Indonesian: kurta Italian: kurta (it) Marathi: कुरता m (kurtā) Nepali: कुर्ता (ne) (kurtā) Norwegian: kurta Polish: kurta (pl) Portuguese: kurta f Punjabi: ਕੁੜਤਾ m (kuṛtā) Russian: курта (ru) f (kurta) Spanish: kurta Swedish: kurta (sv) Telugu: కుర్తా (te) (kurtā) Turkish: kurta (tr) Urdu: کرتا m (kurtā)

References

• “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., 2003–2025

Anagrams

• Kartu, Kraut, kraut

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkurta/ [ˈkʊɾtʌ]
• Hyphenation: kur‧ta

Noun

kúrta m 

1. sharing
2. (mathematics) division

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Ido kurta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkurta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -urta
• Hyphenation: kur‧ta

Adjective

kurta (accusative singular kurtan, plural kurtaj, accusative plural kurtajn)

1. (chiefly poetic) short
   • 2005, Federico Gobbo, “May European Union adopt a Lingua Franca?”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, archived from the original on 4 March 2012:

     La febla olda damo lante distiĝas per kurtaj paŝoj.

     The old weak Lady slowly took short steps away.

Synonyms

• mallonga

Antonyms

• longa