চুরুট

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheroot (“cigar from southern India”), ultimately from Tamil சுருட்டு (curuṭṭu). Cognate with Hindi चुरुट (curuṭ).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /t͡ʃuɾuʈ/, [ˈt͡ʃuɾuʈ]
    Audio:(file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕuɹut/, [ˈtɕuɹut]

Noun

চুরুট • (curuṭ)

  1. cigar, cheroot

Derived terms

  • চুরুটিকা (curuṭika)

Descendants

  • Nepali: चुरोट (curoṭ)

Further reading

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