tutovka

From Russian туто́вка (tutóvka), from ту́та (túta, “mulberry”).

tutovka (uncountable)

1. A distilled alcoholic liquor made from fermented mulberries, traditional in the South Caucasus, especially among the Armenians of Karabakh.
   • 2003, Thomas de Waal, Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War‎^[1], page 188:

     Midway through the meal, my neighbor rose to his feet and proposed a toast in tutovka, the local stinging but sweet mulberry vodka.

From tutový +‎ -ka.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtutofka]

tutovka f

1. (slang) safe bet, dead cert

• “tutovka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “tutovka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “tutovka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025