korma

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• kurma , qorma , qoorma

From Hindustani قورْمَہ (qorma) / क़ोरमा (qormā), from Classical Persian قورْمَه (qōrma) (from which Iranian Persian قُرْمِه (ġorme)), from Turkic (likely Ottoman Turkish قاورمه (kavurma, "roasted meat"), verbal noun of قاورمق (kavurmak)).

korma (countable and uncountable , plural kormas )

1. A curry made from various spices especially coriander and cumin; and often with yoghurt sauce or nuts.
   • 1831, Sandford Arnot (translator), "Indian Cookery, as Practised and Described by the Natives of the East", in Miscellaneous Translations from Oriental Languages‎^[1] , volume I, London: J.L. Cox, retrieved 3 July 2016, page 18:

     No.6 COMPOSITION FOR MAKING KORMAH. Take Meat, 1⁄2 ser (1lb.)

   1. (India , Pakistan , Bangladesh ) A curry of meat slowly braised with ghee.
      • 1962, Census Organization (Pakistan), Population Census of Pakistan, 1961: Rawalpindi:

        Well-to-do people occasionally take rich rice dishes prepared in ghee such as polao and korma. Such rich dishes are often arranged on marriage and ceremonial oссаsions

   2. (UK ) A mild curry (typically the mildest on a given menu), often with a fragrant coconut sauce.
      • 2017 March 2, Zainab Jagot Ahmed, The Flavour-led Weaning Cookbook: Easy recipes & meal plans to wean happy, healthy, adventurous eaters, Random House, →ISBN:

        No weaning cookbook would be complete without a chicken korma recipe! The mildest tasting curry of all, with a hint of citrusy orange combined with all those lovely aromatic spices, this curry is a real treat for baby.

      • 2023 October 12, Dan Toombs, Curry Guy One Pot: Over 150 Curries and Other Deliciously Spiced Dishes from Around the World, Hardie Grant Publishing, →ISBN:

        Coconut flakes and desiccated coconut are pretty much the same thing, but processed differently. The flakes are great toasted and used as a garnish for curries such as korma and pasanda.

      • 2023 April 20, "LONDON EATERIES – Darren’s Keto Column – Kanishka by Atul Kochhar Tingles the Tastebuds", in Heart London Magazine‎^[2] :

        Now, I have a delicate palate, even a korma is too hot for me, but this dish was sooo sumptuous that I fully appreciated the spice.

Urban, Mateusz (2015), "The Treatment of Turkic Etymologies in English Lexicography", in Studia Turcologica Cracoviensia‎^[3] , volume 15, page 219

• Komar , Marko , O mark , omkar

korom +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

• IPA ^(key): [ˈkormɒ]
• Hyphenation: kor‧ma

korma

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of korom

• IPA ^(key): [ˈkɔr.ma]
• Hyphenation: kor‧ma

korma-korma (plural korma-korma)

1. (nonstandard ) alternative spelling of kurma ("date")

Borrowed from Russian корм (korm).

• (Ala-Laukaa ) IPA ^(key): /ˈkormɑ/, [ˈko̞rm]
• (Soikkola ) IPA ^(key): /ˈkormɑ/, [ˈko̞rmɑ]
• Rhymes: -orm, -ormɑ
• Hyphenation: kor‧ma

korma

1. fodder

Declension of korma (type 3/koira , no gradation)
singular	plural
nominative	korma	kormat
genitive	korman	kormiin
partitive	kormaa	kormia
illative	kormaa	kormii
inessive	kormaas	kormiis
elative	kormast	kormist
allative	kormalle	kormille
adessive	kormaal	kormiil
ablative	kormalt	kormilt
translative	kormaks	kormiks
essive	kormanna , kormaan	korminna , kormiin
exessive1)	kormant	kormint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka ? or -kä ? to the genitive.

• rooka ("food")

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 195

Borrowed from Russian корма (korma, "stern").

• IPA ^(key): /kɔrma/, [ˈkɔrma]
• Rhymes: -ɔrma
• Hyphenation: kor‧ma

korma f (relational adjective kormový )

1. stern (rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

• "korma", in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

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