targa

targa

1. genitive singular of tark

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾɣa̝/

targa f (plural targas)

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

   Synonyms: fibela, trela

• tarxeta

• 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

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

From Frankish *targa (“shield”).

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<pos: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)

targa

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

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

• grata

• targe

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑr.ɡɑ/, [ˈtɑrˠ.ɣɑ]

targa m

1. a light shield, a targe

Weak:

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

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

targa f (genitive tǫrgu)

1. target, small round shield

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtarɡa/

targa f (plural targhe)

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

targa

1. third-person singular present of targać

from Latin rigo (“to irrigate”).

Cognates with Tarifit tarya, Central Atlas Tamazight targa, Tachawit targa.

targa m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⴳⴰ, plural targiwin)

1. irrigation ditch
2. (agriculture) furrow, channel