tarka

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See also: tarką

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindustani तड़का / تڑکا (taṛkā).

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Noun

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tarka (uncountable)

  1. (South Asia, cooking) Heated oil or ghee in which spices and onion, etc. are well-stirred and browned.

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Estonian

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Adjective

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tarka

  1. partitive singular of tark
  2. illative singular of tark

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From the dialectal tar (variegated) +‎ -ka (diminutive suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒrkɒ]
  • Hyphenation: tar‧ka
  • Rhymes: -kɒ

Adjective

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tarka (comparative tarkább, superlative legtarkább)

  1. variegated
    Antonym: egyszínű

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative tarka tarkák
accusative tarkát tarkákat
dative tarkának tarkáknak
instrumental tarkával tarkákkal
causal-final tarkáért tarkákért
translative tarkává tarkákká
terminative tarkáig tarkákig
essive-formal tarkaként tarkákként
essive-modal
inessive tarkában tarkákban
superessive tarkán tarkákon
adessive tarkánál tarkáknál
illative tarkába tarkákba
sublative tarkára tarkákra
allative tarkához tarkákhoz
elative tarkából tarkákból
delative tarkáról tarkákról
ablative tarkától tarkáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
tarkáé tarkáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
tarkáéi tarkákéi

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References

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  1. ^ tarka in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • tarka in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Maltese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sicilian tarca, variant of targa, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *targǭ.

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Noun

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tarka f (plural tarek or tarki)

  1. shield

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Pitjantjatjara

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Noun

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tarka

  1. bone
  2. stem, stalk

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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tarka

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tьrka. By surface analysis, trzeć +‎ -ka.

Noun

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tarka f

  1. washboard (board used to hand wash laundry)
    Synonym: tara
  2. washboard (percussion instrument)
  3. grater (tool with which one grates)
  4. (malacology) radula
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verb

Etymology 2

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From tarń +‎ -ka.

Noun

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tarka f

  1. blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
    Synonyms: śliwa tarnina, tarnina, tarń
  2. sloe (fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa)
    Synonyms: ciarka, cierniówka, tarnina
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Further reading

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  • tarka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tarka in Polish dictionaries at PWN