# kurta
## English
### Alternative forms

* khurta
* kurti

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

kurta (plural kurtas)
* 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
### 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., 2003–2024.

### Anagrams

* Kartu, Kraut, kraut

## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkurta/ [ˈkʊɾtʌ]
* Hyphenation: kur‧ta

### Noun

kúrta m
* sharing
* (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

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

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

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Latin curta, feminine of curtus (“shortened”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkurtɒ]
* Hyphenation: kur‧ta
* Rhymes: -tɒ

### Adjective

kurta (comparative kurtább, superlative legkurtább)
* short, brief, curt

#### Derived terms

* kurtaság
* kurtácska
* kurtán
* kurtít

### References

* ↑ kurta in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

### Further reading

* kurta 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

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from French court, German kurz, Italian corto, Spanish corto. Decision no. 224, Progreso IV.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkurta/

### Adjective

kurta
* short
    Antonym: longa

#### Derived terms

* kurte (“in short, briefly”)
* kurtigar (“to shorten”)
* plukurtigar (“to shorten, make (something) shorter”)
* kurteskar (“to contract, shrink”)

## Latvian
### Participle

kurta
* inflection of kurts:
** genitive singular masculine
** nominative singular feminine

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkur.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -urta
* Syllabification: kur‧ta

### Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from Romanian scurtă or Hungarian kurta, from Latin curta.

#### Noun

kurta f
* Augmentative of kurtka

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English kurta, from Hindi कुरता (kurtā).

#### Noun

kurta f
* kurta (loose, collarless, long-sleeved, knee-length shirt)

##### Declension
### Further reading

* kurta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* kurta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Hindi.

### Noun

kurta f (plural kurtas)
* kurta (a knee-length shirt used in southeast Asia)