turf

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) peat
2. (masculine) a tally mark representing five
3. (informal, masculine) a fat book, tome; a book containing many pages

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of turven:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of turven:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of turven:

turven

to tally, to count with tally marks

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Concepts

peat

turf

Synonyms

veen

Translations

Torf

tourbe

turba

torba

torba

turfa

τύρφη

ποάνθρακας

torba

torf

turfa

turba

خث

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tʏrf/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: torf

Inherited from Old Dutch: *torf

In summary

From Middle Dutch torf, from Old Dutch *torf, from Proto-West Germanic *turb, from Proto-Germanic *turbz (“turf, lawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- (“tuft, grass”).