sarma
sarma noun: a dumpling of minced meat and other ingredients wrapped in a leaf (grape or cabbage).
Noun (1)
sarma (plural sarmas)
Noun (2)
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.
- “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...2011, Michael D. O'Brien, The Father's Tale: A Novel, Ignatius Press, →ISBN, page 749
Proper noun capitalized: Sarma
Sarma (plural Sarmas)
- A surname from Hindi.
Forms of sarma
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sarmas |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Sarmas |
Origin of sarma
From Ottoman Turkish صرمه (sarma).
Borrowed from Russian сарма́ (sarmá).
Variant spelling of Sharma.
Questions about sarma
- What does sarma mean?
- Sarma means a dumpling of minced meat and other ingredients wrapped in a leaf (grape or cabbage).
- What part of speech is sarma?
- Sarma can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of sarma?
- The plural of sarma is sarmas.
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