طوربه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Metathesized form of earlier توبره (tobra), itself from Classical Persian توبره (tobra, “bag, sack”), from Middle Persian *tōbrag (“bag, sack”).

Noun

طوربه • (torba) (definite accusative طوربه‌یی (torbayı), plural طوربه‌لر (torbalar))

  1. sack, bag, a soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods
    Synonym: كیسه (kise, kese)

Derived terms

  • طاشاق طوربه‌سی (taşak torbası, “scrotum”)
  • طوربه یوغوردی (torba yoğurdu, “sour curd strained in a bag”)
  • طوربه‌لو (torbalı, “provided with a bag”)
  • قوم طوربه‌سی (kum torbası, “sandbag”)
  • یملك طوربه‌سی (yemlik torbası, “nosebag”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: torba
  • → Bulgarian: торба́ (torbá)
  • → Macedonian: торба (torba)
  • → Polish: torba
  • → Romanian: tolbă
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: то́рба
    Latin script: tórba
  • → Slovene: tọ̑rba
  • → Ukrainian: то́рба (tórba)

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