From the ter- stem of the verbs terít (“to arrange; to spread out”, transitive), terjed (“to spread out”, intransitive) + -v (noun-forming suffix, extrapolated based on nouns ending in -v, such as nyelv, elv). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. For similar derivation, compare szerv, élv, érv.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛrv]

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• Hyphenation: terv
• Rhymes: -ɛrv

terv (plural tervek)

1. plan (set of intended actions)

• terv in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

From Proto-Finnic *tërva.

terv

1. tar

From Proto-Finnic *tërva.

terv

1. tar, pitch

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “смола”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika