torma

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US/ˈtɔɹmə/UK/ˈtɔːmə/

noun

A figure, made mostly of flour and butter, used in tantric rituals or as an offering in Tibetan Buddhism.

OriginTibetan གཏོར་མ →
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Meanings

torma1

nountorma (plural tormas)

plural tormas

  1. A figure, made mostly of flour and butter, used in tantric rituals or as an offering in Tibetan Buddhism.

    They make and assemble tormas, which are offering cakes.

    2009 March 30, Edward Wong, “With Explosions of Color, Tibetan Art Flourishes”, in New York Times

Torma2

proper nounTorma (plural Tormas)

plural Tormas

  1. A surname from Hungarian.

Origin

torma · noun

  1. Tibetanགཏོར་མ
  2. Tibetanགཏོར་མ
  3. Englishtorma

Borrowed from Tibetan གཏོར་མ (gtor ma).

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Torma · proper noun

  1. HungarianTorma
  2. EnglishTorma

Borrowed from Hungarian Torma.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with torma

normaforma
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Anagrams

MortaamortmoratMatorToram
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APA

torma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torma

MLA

“torma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torma. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “torma,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torma.

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