চুরুট

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /tʃuɾuʈ/, [ˈtʃuɾuʈ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕuɹut/, [ˈtɕuɹut]

Noun

চুরুট • (curuṭ)

  1. 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
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