hortum

Latin

Noun

hortum m

1. accusative singular of hortus

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خرطوم (hurtum, hortum), from Arabic خُرْطُوم (ḵurṭūm).

Noun

hortum n (plural hortumuri)

1. (obsolete) proboscis

Declension

Declension of hortum

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) hortum	hortumul	(niște) hortumuri	hortumurile
genitive/dative	(unui) hortum	hortumului	(unor) hortumuri	hortumurilor
vocative	hortumule		hortumurilor

References

• hortum in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خرطوم (hurtum, hortum), from Arabic خُرْطُوم (ḵurṭūm).

Pronunciation

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Noun

hortum (definite accusative hortumu, plural hortumlar)

1. snout, proboscis

   İblis'in, köpeğin hortumu gibi bir hortumu vardır.

   Iblis has a snout like the snout of a dog.

2. hose

   Adam, yangını bahçe hortumu ile söndürmeye çalıştı.

   The man tried to extinguish the fire with a garden hose.

3. tornado

   Hortum bazı ev ve ahırların duvarlarını yıktı.

   The tornado destroyed the walls of some houses and barns.

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hortum”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خرطوم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 840
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN