kurta

• khurta

Borrowed from Hindi कुरता (kurtā).

kurta (plural kurtas)

1. A traditional article of clothing worn in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, consisting of a loose, collarless, long-sleeved, knee-length shirt worn by both men and women.
   • 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 44:

     Now her fingers began to unbutton the ivory studs that ran slantwise across the chest of his kurta.

• kurta at OneLook Dictionary Search

• Kartu, Kraut, kraut

Borrowed from Ido kurta.

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kurta (accusative singular kurtan, plural kurtaj, accusative plural kurtajn)

1. (chiefly poetic) short
   • 2005, Federico Gobbo, “May European Union adopt a Lingua Franca?”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:

     La febla olda damo lante distiĝas per kurtaj paŝoj.

     The old weak Lady slowly took short steps away.

• mallonga

• longa

From Latin curta, feminine of curtus (“shortened”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurtɒ]
• Hyphenation: kur‧ta

kurta (comparative kurtább, superlative legkurtább)

1. short, brief, curt

Borrowed from French court, German kurz, Italian corto, Spanish corto. Decision no. 224, Progreso IV.

kurta

1. short

• longa

• kurteskar (“to shorten”)

kurta

1. genitive singular masculine form of kurts
2. nominative singular feminine form of kurts

From Hindi

kurta f (plural kurtas)

1. kurta (a knee-length shirt used in southeast Asia)