τούρτα
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ancient Greek τούρτα (“kind of baked bread”),[1] from Latin turta, perhaps ultimately from Latin tŏrta (“twisted”).
The association with a "round cake" is an influence by the Italian torta.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]τούρτα • (toúrta) f (plural τούρτες)
Declension
[edit]Declension of τούρτα
Related terms
[edit]- (diminutive form): τουρτίτσα f (tourtítsa)
See also
[edit]- γλύκισμα n (glýkisma, “sweet, any kind of dessert”)
- compare with: κέικ n (kéik, “baked cake”)
References
[edit]- ^ “τούρτα”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
- ^ τούρτα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
Further reading
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τούρτα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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