curmală

Romanian

niște curmale

Etymology

Back-formation from curmale, plural of an earlier form *curma, from Greek χουρμάς (chourmás), from Ottoman Turkish خرما (hurma), from Persian خرما (xormâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kurˈma.lə/

Noun

curmală f (plural curmale)

1. date (fruit of the date palm)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	curmală	curmala		curmale	curmalele
genitive-dative	curmale	curmalei		curmale	curmalelor
vocative	curmală, curmalo			curmalelor

Derived terms

• curmal

References

• curmală in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)