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torma

UK/ˈtɔːmə/US/ˈtɔɹmə/

torma noun: a figure, made mostly of flour and butter, used in tantric rituals or as an offering in Tibetan Buddhism.

Noun

torma (plural tormas)

  1. A figure, made mostly of flour and butter, used in tantric rituals or as an offering in Tibetan Buddhism.
    • They make and assemble tormas, which are offering cakes.2009 March 30, Edward Wong, “With Explosions of Color, Tibetan Art Flourishes”, in New York Times

Proper noun capitalized: Torma

Torma (plural Tormas)

  1. A surname from Hungarian.

Forms of torma

Noun
pluraltormas
Proper noun
pluralTormas

Origin of torma

Borrowed from Tibetan གཏོར་མ (gtor ma).

Borrowed from Hungarian Torma.

Words that rhyme with torma

Questions about torma

What does torma mean?
Torma means a figure, made mostly of flour and butter, used in tantric rituals or as an offering in Tibetan Buddhism.
What part of speech is torma?
Torma can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce torma?
Torma is pronounced /ˈtɔɹmə/ (US).
What is the plural of torma?
The plural of torma is tormas.

Words near torma in the dictionary

  1. Torlakian
  2. Torlakians
  3. Torlaks
  4. torlike
  5. Torlundy
  6. torma
  7. tormas
  8. tormen
  9. torment
  10. Torment Nexus
  11. tormenta

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