tutovka

English

An Armenian tutovka

Etymology

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

Noun

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, 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.

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