Törzs

Törzs is a Hungarian noun that broadly denotes a central or main body and appears in multiple technical and everyday senses. Its basic meanings include the trunk or stem of a plant, the torso of an animal or human, and the main structural body of manufactured objects such as an aircraft fuselage. In these senses törzs generally refers to a primary, load-bearing or central portion distinguished from branches, limbs or appendages.

In linguistics törzs is used to mean the stem or root form of a word from which inflected or derived forms are formed. In anthropology and historical contexts it can mean a tribe, clan or ethnic group, often emphasizing lineage or a core community. In organizational and administrative usage törzs denotes a core staff, main register, or master record (e.g., personnel or product master data), and in telecommunications and computing it may translate as “trunk” for main lines or principal branches.

Typical Hungarian collocations include fa törzse (tree trunk), törzstag (tribe member), szó törzse (word stem) and repülőgép törzse (aircraft fuselage). The term’s versatility reflects a central semantic idea of a primary, central part from which secondary parts extend.