sarma

See also: Sarma, särmä, sârmă, šarma, and sarmā

English

Sarma

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish صرمه (sarma).

Noun

sarma (plural sarmas)

1. A dumpling of minced meat and other ingredients wrapped in a leaf (grape or cabbage).

Translations

dumpling of minced meat and other ingredients wrapped in a leaf

• Finnish: sarma (fi)
• Hungarian: töltött káposzta (hu), szárma (hu)
• Polish: sarma (pl) f
• Romanian: sarma (ro) f
• Turkish: sarma (tr)

See also

• dolma
• сэнэтхьапэ (sɛnɛtḥapɛ)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian сарма́ (sarmá).

Noun

sarma (uncountable)

1. A strong, cold wind that blows down the valley of the Sarma river (which acts as a natural wind tunnel), reaching hurricane strength (uprooting trees) by the time it blows across the western shore and into Lake Baikal.
   • 2011, Michael D. O'Brien, The Father's Tale: A Novel, Ignatius Press, →ISBN, page 749:

     “You see how the wind has pressed it into a hard layer?” “The sarma did it!” one of the children told Alex. “The sarma wind is mighty. It's so strong it turns ships upside down.” “Ah, that's something I didn't know. Well, we can thank the sarma for making excellent material for us." "The mountain hides our homes from the sarma," said another.

Anagrams

• Samra, amsar, maras, maars, rasam, Amars, Asmar, Samar, āśram, Marsa, Maras, SRAAM

Latvian

Sarmas klāti koki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsâɾma]

Noun

sar̂ma f (4th declension)

1. frost (thin ice crystals that form on plant leaves, twigs, or also on wires, cables, etc. when the air temperature is below the freezing point)

   sarmas klāti koki ― frost-covered trees

   graudainā sarma ― granulous frost

   kristāliskā sarma ― crystal frost

2. (figuratively) gray hair, graying hair

   sarma matos ― gray (lit. frost) in the hair

Declension

Declension of sarma (4th)

	singular	plural
nominative	sarma	sarmas
genitive	sarmas	sarmu
dative	sarmai	sarmām
accusative	sarmu	sarmas
instrumental	sarmu	sarmām
locative	sarmā	sarmās
vocative	sarma	sarmas

Synonyms

• salna

See also

• sals

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Medieval Greek σύρμα (súrma)bor.

Ottoman Turkish صرمه (sarma)bor.

Romanian sarma

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صرمه (sarma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sarˈma/

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Noun

sarma f (plural sarmale)

1. stuffed cabbage roll

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sarma	sarmaua	sarmale	sarmalele
genitive-dative	sarmale	sarmalei	sarmale	sarmalelor
vocative	sarma		sarmalelor

See also

• gălușcă

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صرمه (sarma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǎrma/

Noun

sàrma f (Cyrillic spelling са̀рма)

1. A dumpling of minced meat and other ingredients wrapped in a cabbage; sarma

Declension

Declension of sarma

	singular	plural
nominative	sarma	sarme
genitive	sarme	sarma / sarmi
dative	sarmi	sarmama
accusative	sarmu	sarme
vocative	sarmo	sarme
locative	sarmi	sarmama
instrumental	sarmom	sarmama

Further reading

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

Turkish

Sarma made with grapevine leaves.

Pronunciation

• (etymology 1): IPA^(key): /saɾˈma/
• (etymology 2): IPA^(key): /ˈsaɾ.ma/
• Hyphenation: sar‧ma

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صارمه (ṣarma). By surface analysis, sar- (“to wrap”) +‎ -ma (“verbal noun suffix”).

Noun

sarma (definite accusative sarmayı, plural sarmalar)

1. verbal noun of sarmak
2. Any dish made by rolling up vine, cabbage or chard leaves with rice-based stuffing.
3. A handmade cigarette; a rollup.
4. A chicken thigh.

   Synonym: taleks

5. (wrestling) A king of leg clasp technique.

Declension

Declension of sarma

singular plural nominative sarma sarmalar definite accusative sarmayı sarmaları dative sarmaya sarmalara locative sarmada sarmalarda ablative sarmadan sarmalardan genitive sarmanın sarmaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular sarmam sarmalarım 2nd singular sarman sarmaların 3rd singular sarması sarmaları 1st plural sarmamız sarmalarımız 2nd plural sarmanız sarmalarınız 3rd plural sarmaları sarmaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular sarmamı sarmalarımı 2nd singular sarmanı sarmalarını 3rd singular sarmasını sarmalarını 1st plural sarmamızı sarmalarımızı 2nd plural sarmanızı sarmalarınızı 3rd plural sarmalarını sarmalarını dative singular plural 1st singular sarmama sarmalarıma 2nd singular sarmana sarmalarına 3rd singular sarmasına sarmalarına 1st plural sarmamıza sarmalarımıza 2nd plural sarmanıza sarmalarınıza 3rd plural sarmalarına sarmalarına locative singular plural 1st singular sarmamda sarmalarımda 2nd singular sarmanda sarmalarında 3rd singular sarmasında sarmalarında 1st plural sarmamızda sarmalarımızda 2nd plural sarmanızda sarmalarınızda 3rd plural sarmalarında sarmalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular sarmamdan sarmalarımdan 2nd singular sarmandan sarmalarından 3rd singular sarmasından sarmalarından 1st plural sarmamızdan sarmalarımızdan 2nd plural sarmanızdan sarmalarınızdan 3rd plural sarmalarından sarmalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular sarmamın sarmalarımın 2nd singular sarmanın sarmalarının 3rd singular sarmasının sarmalarının 1st plural sarmamızın sarmalarımızın 2nd plural sarmanızın sarmalarınızın 3rd plural sarmalarının sarmalarının

Adjective

sarma

1. Made by rolling up.

Declension

Predicative forms of sarma

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	sarmayım	sarma mıyım?
sen (you are)	sarmasın	sarma mısın?
o (he/she/it is)	sarma / sarmadır	sarma mı?
biz (we are)	sarmayız	sarma mıyız?
siz (you are)	sarmasınız	sarma mısınız?
onlar (they are)	sarma(lar)	sarma(lar) mı?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	sarmaydım	sarma mıydım?
sen (you were)	sarmaydın	sarma mıydın?
o (he/she/it was)	sarmaydı	sarma mıydı?
biz (we were)	sarmaydık	sarma mıydık?
siz (you were)	sarmaydınız	sarma mıydınız?
onlar (they were)	sarmaydılar	sarma mıydılar?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	sarmaymışım	sarma mıymışım?
sen (you were)	sarmaymışsın	sarma mıymışsın?
o (he/she/it was)	sarmaymış	sarma mıymış?
biz (we were)	sarmaymışız	sarma mıymışız?
siz (you were)	sarmaymışsınız	sarma mıymışsınız?
onlar (they were)	sarmaymışlar	sarma mıymışlar?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	sarmaysam	sarma mıysam?
sen (if you)	sarmaysan	sarma mıysan?
o (if he/she/it)	sarmaysa	sarma mıysa?
biz (if we)	sarmaysak	sarma mıysak?
siz (if you)	sarmaysanız	sarma mıysanız?
onlar (if they)	sarmaysalar	sarma mıysalar?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms

• ciğer sarma
• karalahana sarması
• kilit sarma
• lahana sarması
• sarma kafiye
• tavuk sarması
• yaprak sarması
• zeytinyağlı sarma

Related terms

• dolma
• sargı
• sarık
• sarmal
• sarmaşık

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, sar- +‎ -ma (“negation suffix”).

Verb

sarma

1. second-person singular negative imperative of sarmak

Further reading

• “sarma”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “sarma¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4080