торба

Bulgarian

торба

Alternative forms

• торбъ́ (torbắ) — Central Balkan

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Persian *tōbrag

Classical Persian توبره (tobra)bor.

Ottoman Turkish توبره (tobra)der.

Ottoman Turkish طوربه (torba)bor.

Bulgarian торба

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوربه (torba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [torˈba]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ba
• Syllabification^(key): тор‧ба

Noun

торба́ • (torbá) f (diminutive торби́чка)

1. bag (A (large) bag made from fabric or polyethylene, etc., with one shoulder strap or two handles)
2. (figurative) pouch (something resembling a bag)

   Ке́нгуруто но́си ма́лките си в торба́.

   Kénguruto nósi málkite si v torbá.

   The kangaroo carries its young in a pouch

Declension

Declension of торба́

	singular	plural
indefinite	торба́ torbá	торби́ torbí
definite	торба́та torbáta	торби́те torbíte

References

• “торба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “торба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Krăsteva, Vesela (2003), “торба”, in Тълковен речник на турцизмите в българския език [Explanatory Dictionary of Turkisms in the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 200

Anagrams

• табор (tabor), обрат (obrat), аборт (abort)

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوربه (torba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔrba]

Noun

торба • (torba) f (diminutive торбичка or торбиче)

1. bag
2. pouch, bag

Declension

Declension of торба

	singular	plural
indefinite	торба (torba)	торби (torbi)
definite unspecified	торбата (torbata)	торбите (torbite)
definite proximal	торбава (torbava)	торбиве (torbive)
definite distal	торбана (torbana)	торбине (torbine)
vocative	торбо (torbo)	торби (torbi)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوربه (torba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtorbə]

Noun

то́рба • (tórba) f inan (genitive то́рбы, nominative plural то́рбы, genitive plural торб)

1. sack, bag, bindle (carried over one's shoulder, especially by a hobo or an itinerant worker)
2. (by extension, colloquial, humorous) any large bag
   • 2024, Елена Михалкова, chapter 2, in Колодец и бабочка, Москва: Издательство АСТ; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):

     – В э́том году́ в мо́де то́рбы! – вмеша́лась её сестра́. – Я свяжу́ тебе́, Та́ня![...]

     – V étom godú v móde tórby! – vmešálasʹ jejó sestrá. – Ja svjažú tebé, Tánja![...]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of то́рба (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	то́рба tórba	то́рбы tórby
genitive	то́рбы tórby	то́рб tórb
dative	то́рбе tórbe	то́рбам tórbam
accusative	то́рбу tórbu	то́рбы tórby
instrumental	то́рбой, то́рбою tórboj, tórboju	то́рбами tórbami
prepositional	то́рбе tórbe	то́рбах tórbax

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوربه (torba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǒːrba/
• Hyphenation: тор‧ба

Noun

то́рба f (Latin spelling tórba)

1. bag
2. pouch, purse

Declension

Declension of торба

	singular	plural
nominative	то́рба	торбе
genitive	торбе	то́рба̄ / то́рбӣ
dative	торби	торбама
accusative	торбу	торбе
vocative	торбо	торбе
locative	торби	торбама
instrumental	торбом	торбама

Further reading

• “торба”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Ukrainian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Persian *tōbrag

Classical Persian توبره (tobra)bor.

Ottoman Turkish توبره (tobra)der.

Ottoman Turkish طوربه (torba)bor.

Ukrainian торба

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوربه (torba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔrbɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

то́рба • (tórba) f inan (genitive то́рби, nominative plural торби́, genitive plural торб or торбі́в)

1. travel bag (bag meant to be worn over the shoulders), bindle

Declension

Declension of то́рба
(inan hard fem-form accent-c)

	singular	plural
nominative	то́рба tórba	торби́ torbý
genitive	то́рби tórby	торб, торбі́в torb, torbív
dative	то́рбі tórbi	торба́м torbám
accusative	то́рбу tórbu	торби́ torbý
instrumental	то́рбою tórboju	торба́ми torbámy
locative	то́рбі tórbi	торба́х torbáx
vocative	то́рбо tórbo	торби́ torbý