тютюнъ
Old Ruthenian
тютю́нъ
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish توتون (tütün), reinforced by Crimean Tatar tütün, from Proto-Turkic *tütün, from *tüt(e)-. Doublet of тыту́нъ (tytún). First attested in the late 1600s.
Noun
тютю́нъ • (tjutjún) m inan (genitive тютюну́, related adjective тютю́нний)
- (uncountable) tobacco (plant and its leaves used for smoking)
- Synonyms: таба́къ (tabák), (dialectal) тыту́нъ (tytún)
Derived terms
- тютю́нница (tjutjúnnicʲa)
- тютю́нникъ (tjutjúnnik)
Descendants
- Belarusian: цюцю́н (cjucjún), тютю́н (tjutjún) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: тютю́н (tjutjún); тюті́н (tjutín) (dialectal)
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2014), “тютюнъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 34 (тресолнечный – умопомятенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 101