tarhonya

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noun

A kind of egg-based pasta in the shape of small balls.

OriginHungarian tarhonya →
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Meanings

nountarhonya (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA kind of egg-based pasta in the shape of small balls.

    chocolates, coffee, biscuits, tinned sausages, wine, boxes of dried noodles of various shapes and sizes, a white cloth bag of tarhonya from the previous century.

    2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 807

Origin

  1. Hungariantarhonya
  2. Englishtarhonya

From Hungarian tarhonya. Doublet of tarhana.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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