English

A man wearing an Indian-style kurta

Alternative forms

• khurta

Noun

kurta ‎(plural kurtas)

1. A traditional article of clothing worn in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, consisting of a loose, collarless, long-sleeved, knee-length shirt worn by both men and women.
   • 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 44:

     Now her fingers began to unbutton the ivory studs that ran slantwise across the chest of his kurta.

Translations

References

• kurta at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Kartu
• Kraut

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowing from Ido kurta.

Adjective

kurta ‎(accusative singular kurtan, plural kurtaj, accusative plural kurtajn)

1. (chiefly poetic) short
   • 2005, Federico Gobbo, “May European Union adopt a Lingua Franca?”, in (Please provide the title of the work):

     La febla olda damo lante distiĝas per kurtaj paŝoj.

     The old weak Lady slowly took short steps away.

Synonyms

• mallonga

Antonyms

• longa

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin curta, feminine of curtus ‎(“shortened”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurtɒ]
• Hyphenation: kur‧ta

Adjective

kurta (comparative kurtább, superlative legkurtább)

1. short, brief, curt

Declension

Derived terms

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from French court, German kurz, Portuguese curto, from Latin curtus ‎(“shortened”).

Adjective

kurta

1. short

Antonyms

• longa

Derived terms

• kurteskar ‎(“to shorten”)

Latvian

Participle

kurta

1. genitive singular masculine form of kurts
2. nominative singular feminine form of kurts

Portuguese

Etymology

From Hindi

Noun

kurta f (plural kurtas)

1. kurta (a knee-length shirt used in southeast Asia)