targa

See also: targă and Targa

Estonian

Adjective

targa

1. genitive singular of tark

Galician

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *targǭ (“edge”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰorgʰ- (“edge, seam”): compare Old Norse targa (“small round shield”) and Old High German zarga (“edge, rim”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾɣa̝/

Noun

targa f (plural targas)

1. a wooden ring or a loop in a string, used for fastening it

   Synonyms: fibela, trela

Related terms

• tarxeta

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “targa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtar.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -arɡa
• Hyphenation: tàr‧ga

Etymology 1

From Frankish *targa (“shield”).

Noun

targa f (plural targhe, diminutive targhétta or targhettìna; targhìno m (“small license plate, e.g. for motorcycles”), augmentative targóna (referring to plaques, license plates, etc.) or targone (large Medieval shield/target), pejorative targàccia)

1. plate, shingle (metal etc.)
2. nameplate
3. number plate/license plate
4. plaque
5. signboard
6. target (a rounded oval or rectangle shield used in medieval times)

Etymology 2

Verb

targa

1. inflection of targare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• targa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• targa in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Anagrams

• grata

Old English

Alternative forms

• targe

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *targǭ. Cognate with Old Norse targa, Old High German zarga (German Zarge).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑr.ɡɑ/, [ˈtɑrˠ.ɣɑ]

Noun

targa m

1. a light shield, a targe

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	targa	targan
accusative	targan	targan
genitive	targan	targena
dative	targan	targum

Descendants

• English: targe
• → Middle Welsh: taryan
  • Welsh: tarian

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *targǭ. Cognate with Old English targa, Old High German zarga (German Zarge).

Noun

targa f (genitive tǫrgu)

1. target, small round shield

Declension

Declension of targa (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	targa	targan	tǫrgur	tǫrgurnar
accusative	tǫrgu	tǫrguna	tǫrgur	tǫrgurnar
dative	tǫrgu	tǫrgunni	tǫrgum	tǫrgunum
genitive	tǫrgu	tǫrgunnar	targna	targnanna

Derived terms

• tǫrgubuklari m (“target-shield”)
• tǫrguskjǫldr m (“target-shield”)

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “targa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 433; also available at the Internet Archive

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtarɡa/

Noun

targa f (plural targhe)

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtar.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -arɡa
• Syllabification: tar‧ga

Verb

targa

1. third-person singular present of targać

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

• targʷa

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit تَرْكَا (targa, “ditch”), from Proto-Berber *ta-rŭg-a (“irrigation ditch”), possibly from Latin rigo (“to irrigate”). Cognate with Senhaja de Srair tarwa and Tarifit tarya.

Noun

targa f (plural tirggʷin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⴳⴰ, Arabic spelling تارڭا)

1. canal, irrigation ditch, furrow
2. irrigated plot of land
3. a garden or the entirety of the gardens irrigated by the same canal

Inflection

Inflection of targa

	singular	plural
free state	targa	targiwin, tirggʷin
annexed state	trga	trgiwin, trggʷin

Derived terms

• igran n trga (“irrigated fields”)
• tamadaxt n ddu trga (“irrigated plot”)

See also

• akal (“earth,soil”)
• aman (“water”)
• igr (“field”)
• tayuga (“yoke, plough”)
• tayyirza (“agriculture”)
• urti (“garden”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 T–Ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2520