хурма

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• churma — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خرما (hurmâ), from Persian خرما (xormâ, “date (fruit)”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xurˈma]

Noun

хурма́ • (xurmá) f inan (genitive хурмы́, uncountable)

1. persimmon (fruit)

Declension

Declension of хурма́ (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular
nominative	хурма́ xurmá
genitive	хурмы́ xurmý
dative	хурме́ xurmjé
accusative	хурму́ xurmú
instrumental	хурмо́й, хурмо́ю xurmój, xurmóju
locative	хурме́ xurmjé

References

• “хурма” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠬᠤᠷᠮ᠎ᠠ (qurm-a)	хурма (xurma)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠤᠷᠮ᠎ᠠ (qurm-a), probably from Ottoman Turkish خرما (hurmâ) or Persian خرما (xormâ, “date (fruit)”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxʊrm/
• Syllabification: хур‧ма (2 syllables)

Noun

хурма • (xurma)

1. persimmon (fruit)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خرما (hurmâ), from Persian خرما (xormâ, “date (fruit)”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xʊrˈma]

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Noun

хурма́ • (xurmá) f inan (genitive хурмы́, uncountable)

1. persimmon (fruit)
   • 1952, “Сладкие блюда. Хурма”, in Книга о вкусной и здоровой пище, Москва: Пищепромиздат; English translation from The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food, (Please provide a date or year):

     Хурма́ — це́нная плодо́вая культу́ра на́ших субтро́пиков.

     Xurmá — cénnaja plodóvaja kulʹtúra nášix subtrópikov.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of хурма́ (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular
nominative	хурма́ xurmá
genitive	хурмы́ xurmý
dative	хурме́ xurmé
accusative	хурму́ xurmú
instrumental	хурмо́й, хурмо́ю xurmój, xurmóju
prepositional	хурме́ xurmé

Pre-reform declension of хурма́ (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular
nominative	хурма́ xurmá
genitive	хурмы́ xurmý
dative	хурмѣ́ xurmě́
accusative	хурму́ xurmú
instrumental	хурмо́й, хурмо́ю xurmój, xurmóju
prepositional	хурмѣ́ xurmě́

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• у̀рма

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خرما (hurma), from Persian خرما (xormâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xǔːrma/

Noun

ху́рма f (Latin spelling húrma)

1. date (fruit)

   Synonym: да̀туља

2. persimmon (fruit)

Declension

Declension of хурма

	singular	plural
nominative	ху̀рма	ху̀рме
genitive	ху̀рме	ху̑рма̄ / ху̑рмӣ
dative	ху̀рми	ху̀рмама
accusative	ху̀рму	ху̀рме
vocative	ху̀рмо	ху̀рме
locative	ху̀рми	ху̀рмама
instrumental	ху̀рмом	ху̀рмама

Derived terms

• ѝндӣјска ху̀рма (“tamarind”)

Further reading

• “хурма”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خرما (hurmâ), from Persian خرما (xormâ, “date (fruit)”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xʊrˈma]

Noun

хурма́ • (xurmá) f inan (genitive хурми́, uncountable)

1. persimmon (fruit)

   Synonym: персимо́на (persymóna)

Declension

Declension of хурма́
(inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular
nominative	хурма́ xurmá
genitive	хурми́ xurmý
dative	хурмі́ xurmí
accusative	хурму́ xurmú
instrumental	хурмо́ю xurmóju
locative	хурмі́ xurmí
vocative	ху́рмо xúrmo

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “хурма”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “хурма”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)