тытунъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

титу́нъ, титю́нъ, тытю́нъ

Etymology

Partial calque of Old Polish tytuń, borrowed from Ottoman Turkish توتون‎ (tütün), reinforced by Crimean Tatar tütün, from Proto-Turkic *tütün, from *tüt(e)-. Doublet of тютю́нъ. First attested in the late 1600s.

Noun

тыту́нъ • (transliteration needed) m inan

(dialectal, uncountable) tobacco (plant and its leaves used for smoking)
Synonyms: таба́къ, тютю́нъ

Descendants

Belarusian: тыту́нь (tytúnʹ), тыту́н (tytún); туту́н (tutún), туту́нь (tutúnʹ), тітю͡он (titju͡ón), тыті́н (tytín) (dialectal)

Further reading

Bulyka, A. M., editor (2013), “титунъ, титюнъ, тытюнъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 33 (струна – треснутися), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 312

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