Porzás

Porzás is a Hungarian noun that denotes the act or process of applying powder to something or of turning a substance into powder. It is formed from the word por meaning dust and the abstract noun suffix -zás, which marks actions or processes. The term is primarily used in everyday language and general descriptions rather than as a precise technical designation.

In practical contexts, porzás can refer to several related activities. In agriculture and horticulture, it describes dusting seeds, seedlings, or bulbs with protective powders such as fungicides or pesticides. In cosmetics, it may be used to describe the application of cosmetic powders like talc or setting powders. In the food industry or food preparation, surfaces or products may be described as being dusted with starch, sugar, or other fine powders as a finishing or protective step.

In more technical or professional writing, porzás is less common as a formal process name; specialized terms are typically used for the specific method, such as milling or grinding for creating powder, atomization (porlasztás) for producing fine particles, or coating (bevonás) for applying a layer of powder onto a surface. Porzás thus appears mainly in general, non-technical descriptions of powdering or powder-coated appearances rather than as a strict technical term.

Etymologically, the word reflects a straightforward construction from por (dust) and -zás (process), and it remains closely tied to the everyday notion of applying or producing powder.