চুরুট

Bengali

Alternative forms

• চুরট (curoṭ)

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]

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• (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