თუთუნი

Georgian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish توتون (tütün).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰutʰuni/

Noun

თუთუნი • (tutuni) (plural თუთუნები)

  1. tobacco
    Synonym: თამბაქო (tambako)

Inflection

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See also

Laz

Alternative forms

  • ტუტუნი (ťuťuni)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish توتون (tütün).

Noun

თუთუნი • (tutuni) (Latin spelling tutuni)

  1. tobacco
    თუთუნი ჩაღეტი გვოკორაჲ. შვასენ.
    tutuni çağeťi gvoǩoray. şvasen.
    She wraps the tobacco in paper. She's going to smoke it.
  2. cigarette
    Synonym: ზიგარა (zigara)
    ბერექ ბაბა-მუშის თუთუნი ნუხირამტუშა ქონიჭოფუ
    berek baba-muşis tutuni nuxiramťuşa koniç̌opu
    The boy was caught red-handed stealing cigarettes from his father

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “tutuni”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “თუთუნი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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