চুরুট

চুরুট

Bengali

Alternative forms

• চুরট (curôṭô)

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheroot (“cigar from southern India”), ultimately from Tamil சுருட்டு (curuṭṭu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃu.ɾuʈ̟/
  • (East Rāṛha) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃuɾuˑʈ̟]

Noun

চুরুট • (curuṭ)

1. a cigar; cheroot

Derived terms

• চুরুটিকা (curuṭika)

Further reading

• Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎, volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 646