# sarma
## English
### Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish صرمه (sarma).

#### Noun

sarma (plural sarmas)
* A dumpling of minced meat and other ingredients wrapped in a leaf (grape or cabbage); the Turkish equivalent of dolma.

##### Translations
#### See also

* dolma
* сэнэтхьапэ (sɛnɛtḥapɛ)

### Etymology 2

From Russian сарма́ (sarmá).

#### Noun

sarma (uncountable)
* A strong, cold wind that blows down the valley of the Sarma river (which acts as a natural wind tunnel), reaching hurricane strength (uprooting trees) by the time it blows across the western shore and into Lake Baikal.
** 2011, Michael D. O'Brien, The Father's Tale: A Novel, Ignatius Press, →ISBN, page 749:“You see how the wind has pressed it into a hard layer?” “The sarma did it!” one of the children told Alex. “The sarma wind is mighty. It's so strong it turns ships upside down.” “Ah, that's something I didn't know. Well, we can thank the sarma for making excellent material for us." "The mountain hides our homes from the sarma," said another.

### Anagrams

* Samra, amsar, maras, maars, rasam, Amars, Asmar, Samar, āśram, Marsa, Maras, SRAAM

## Latvian
### Pronunciation

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### Noun

sarma f (4th declension)
* frost (thin ice crystals that form on plant leaves, twigs, or also on wires, cables, etc. when the air temperature is below the freezing point)
    sarmas klāti koki ― frost-covered trees
    graudainā sarma ― granulous frost
    kristāliskā sarma ― crystal frost
* (figuratively) gray hair, graying hair
    sarma matos ― gray (lit. frost) in the hair

#### Synonyms

* salna

#### See also

* sals

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صرمه (sarma).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sarˈma/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

sarma f (plural sarmale)
* stuffed cabbage roll

#### See also

* gălușcă

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صرمه (sarma).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sǎrma/

### Noun

sàrma f (Cyrillic spelling са̀рма)
* a type of food from meat rolled with leaves

#### Declension
## Turkish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صارمه (ṣarma), from Proto-Turkic *saru- (“to wind around”), morphologically sar- +‎ -ma (“verbal noun suffix”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /saɾˈma/
* Hyphenation: sar‧ma

#### Noun

sarma (definite accusative sarmayı, plural sarmalar)
* verbal noun of sarmak
* Any dish made by rolling up vine, cabbage or chard leaves with rice-based stuffing.
* A handmade cigarette; a rollup.
* A chicken thigh.
    Synonym: taleks
* (wrestling) A king of leg clasp technique.

##### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
sarma
sarmalar
definite accusative
sarmayı
sarmaları
dative
sarmaya
sarmalara
locative
sarmada
sarmalarda
ablative
sarmadan
sarmalardan
genitive
sarmanın
sarmaların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
sarmam
sarmalarım
2nd singular
sarman
sarmaların
3rd singular
sarması
sarmaları
1st plural
sarmamız
sarmalarımız
2nd plural
sarmanız
sarmalarınız
3rd plural
sarmaları
sarmaları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
sarmamı
sarmalarımı
2nd singular
sarmanı
sarmalarını
3rd singular
sarmasını
sarmalarını
1st plural
sarmamızı
sarmalarımızı
2nd plural
sarmanızı
sarmalarınızı
3rd plural
sarmalarını
sarmalarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
sarmama
sarmalarıma
2nd singular
sarmana
sarmalarına
3rd singular
sarmasına
sarmalarına
1st plural
sarmamıza
sarmalarımıza
2nd plural
sarmanıza
sarmalarınıza
3rd plural
sarmalarına
sarmalarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
sarmamda
sarmalarımda
2nd singular
sarmanda
sarmalarında
3rd singular
sarmasında
sarmalarında
1st plural
sarmamızda
sarmalarımızda
2nd plural
sarmanızda
sarmalarınızda
3rd plural
sarmalarında
sarmalarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
sarmamdan
sarmalarımdan
2nd singular
sarmandan
sarmalarından
3rd singular
sarmasından
sarmalarından
1st plural
sarmamızdan
sarmalarımızdan
2nd plural
sarmanızdan
sarmalarınızdan
3rd plural
sarmalarından
sarmalarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
sarmamın
sarmalarımın
2nd singular
sarmanın
sarmalarının
3rd singular
sarmasının
sarmalarının
1st plural
sarmamızın
sarmalarımızın
2nd plural
sarmanızın
sarmalarınızın
3rd plural
sarmalarının
sarmalarının :

#### Adjective

sarma
* Made by rolling up.

##### Declension

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

##### Derived terms

* ciğer sarma
* kilit sarma
* lahana sarması
* sarma kafiye
* tavuk sarması
* yaprak sarması
* zeytinyağlı sarma

##### Related terms

* dolma
* sargı
* sarık
* sarmal
* sarmaşık

### Etymology 2

From sar- +‎ -ma (“negation suffix”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsaɾ.ma/

#### Verb

sarma
* second-person singular negative imperative of sarmak

### References

* ↑ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صارمه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1155
* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sạr-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sar-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

* “sarma”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sarma¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4080