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kurta

kurta

See also: kurtā

English

A man wearing an Indian-style kurta

Alternative forms

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 2015, p. 44:
      Now her fingers began to unbutton the ivory studs that ran slantwise across the chest of his kurta.

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References

  • kurta at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowing from Ido kurta.

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 title of the work):
      La febla olda damo lante distiĝas per kurtaj paŝoj.
      The old weak Lady slowly took short steps away.

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin curta, feminine of curtus (shortened).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkurtɒ]
  • Hyphenation: kur‧ta

Adjective

kurta (comparative kurtább, superlative legkurtább)

  1. short, brief, curt

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kurta kurták
accusative kurtát kurtákat
dative kurtának kurtáknak
instrumental kurtával kurtákkal
causal-final kurtáért kurtákért
translative kurtává kurtákká
terminative kurtáig kurtákig
essive-formal kurtaként kurtákként
essive-modal
inessive kurtában kurtákban
superessive kurtán kurtákon
adessive kurtánál kurtáknál
illative kurtába kurtákba
sublative kurtára kurtákra
allative kurtához kurtákhoz
elative kurtából kurtákból
delative kurtáról kurtákról
ablative kurtától kurtáktól

Derived terms


Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from French court, German kurz, Portuguese curto, from Latin curtus (shortened).

Adjective

kurta

  1. short

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Latvian

Participle

kurta

  1. genitive singular masculine form of kurts
  2. nominative singular feminine form of kurts

Portuguese

Etymology

From Hindi

Noun

kurta f (plural kurtas)

  1. kurta (a knee-length shirt used in southeast Asia)