"turta" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈtʊr.ta] [Classical-Latin]
Etymology: Of obscure origin. First attested in the Vindolanda Tablets. Before the tablets were discovered, the Romance forms were assumed to have derived from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”), which is also found as a noun in Late Latin (referring to a type of pastry). However, it was recognized even then that a derivation from tŏrta required assuming an unusual development of Latin ŏ. Compare Ancient Greek τούρτα (toúrta, “cake of dates, flour, water, and oil baked covered in ashes”), which Watkins claims is from Egyptian t-rtḥ (“baked bread”), though it could have instead been borrowed from the Latin. Etymology templates: {{cog|grc|τούρτα|t=cake of dates, flour, water, and oil baked covered in ashes}} Ancient Greek τούρτα (toúrta, “cake of dates, flour, water, and oil baked covered in ashes”), {{cog|egy|t-rtḥ|t=baked bread}} Egyptian t-rtḥ (“baked bread”) Head templates: {{la-noun|turta<1>}} turta f (genitive turtae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|turta<1>}} Forms: turtae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], turta [nominative, singular], turtae [nominative, plural], turtae [genitive, singular], turtārum [genitive, plural], turtae [dative, singular], turtīs [dative, plural], turtam [accusative, singular], turtās [accusative, plural], turtā [ablative, singular], turtīs [ablative, plural], turta [singular, vocative], turtae [plural, vocative], torta [alternative, Late-Latin]
  1. a type of pastry Wikipedia link: Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Latin_language Tags: declension-1, feminine
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turtae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turtārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "turtārum",
          "turtarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turtae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turtīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "turtīs",
          "turtis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turtam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turtās",
      "links": [
        [
          "turtās",
          "turtas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turtā",
      "links": [
        [
          "turtā",
          "turta#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turtīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "turtīs",
          "turtis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turtae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torta",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Latin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "turta<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "turta f (genitive turtae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "turta<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a type of pastry"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "type",
          "type"
        ],
        [
          "pastry",
          "pastry"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch",
        "Latin_language"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtʊr.ta]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "turta"
}

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