targa

See also: targă and Targa

Estonian

Adjective

targa

1. genitive singular of tark

Galician

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *targǭ (“edge”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰorgʰ- (“edge, seam”): compare Old Norse targa (“small round shield”) and Old High German zarga (“edge, rim”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾɣa̝/

Noun

targa f (plural targas)

1. a wooden ring or a loop in a string, used for fastening it

   Synonyms: fibela, trela

Related terms

• tarxeta

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “targa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtar.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -arɡa
• Hyphenation: tàr‧ga

Etymology 1

From Frankish *targa (“shield”).

Noun

targa f (plural targhe, diminutive targhétta or targhettìna; targhìno m (“small license plate, e.g. for motorcycles”), augmentative targóna (referring to plaques, license plates, etc.) or targone<pos:large Medieval shield/target, pejorative targàccia)

1. plate, shingle (metal etc.)
2. nameplate
3. number plate/license plate
4. plaque
5. signboard
6. target (a rounded oval or rectangle shield used in medieval times)

Etymology 2

Verb

targa

1. inflection of targare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• targa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• targa in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Anagrams

• grata

Old English

Alternative forms

• targe

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *targǭ. Cognate with Old Norse targa, Old High German zarga (German Zarge).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑr.ɡɑ/, [ˈtɑrˠ.ɣɑ]

Noun

targa m

1. a light shield, a targe

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	targa	targan
accusative	targan	targan
genitive	targan	targena
dative	targan	targum

Descendants

• English: targe
• → Middle Welsh: taryan
  • Welsh: tarian

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *targǭ. Cognate with Old English targa, Old High German zarga (German Zarge).

Noun

targa f (genitive tǫrgu)

1. target, small round shield

Declension

Declension of targa (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	targa	targan	tǫrgur	tǫrgurnar
accusative	tǫrgu	tǫrguna	tǫrgur	tǫrgurnar
dative	tǫrgu	tǫrgunni	tǫrgum	tǫrgunum
genitive	tǫrgu	tǫrgunnar	targna	targnanna

Derived terms

• tǫrgubuklari m (“target-shield”)
• tǫrguskjǫldr m (“target-shield”)

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “targa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 433; also available at the Internet Archive

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtarɡa/

Noun

targa f (plural targhe)

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtar.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -arɡa
• Syllabification: tar‧ga

Verb

targa

1. third-person singular present of targać

Tashelhit

Alternatice forms

• targʷa

Etymology

From Proto-Berber [Term?] (“irrigation ditch”), from Latin rigo (“to irrigate”).

Cognate with Ghomara targa (“canal”), Senhaja de Srair ṯerga (“canal”), Tarifit tarya (“irrigation ditch”), Central Atlas Tamazight targa (“irrigation ditch”), and Tachawit targa.

Noun

targa f (plural tirggʷin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⴳⴰ, Arabic spelling تارڭا)

1. canal, irrigation ditch, furrow
2. irrigated plot of land
3. a garden or the entirety of the gardens irrigated by the same canal

Infmection

Inflection of targa

	singular	plural
free state	targa	targiwin,tirggʷin
annexed state	trga	trgiwin,trggʷin

Derived terms

• igran n trga (“irrigated fields”)
• tamadaxt n ddu trga (“irrigated plot”)

See Also

• akal (“earth,soil”)
• aman (“water”)
• igr (“field”)
• tayuga (“yoke, plough”)
• tayyirza (“agriculture”)
• urti (“garden”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2520