চুরুট

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Bengali

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 চুরুট on Bengali Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English cheroot (cigar from southern India), ultimately from Tamil சுருட்டு (curuṭṭu). Cognate with Hindi चुरुट (curuṭ).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /t͡ʃuɾuʈ/, [ˈt͡ʃuɾuʈ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕuɹut/, [ˈtɕuɹut]

Noun

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চুরুট (curuṭ)

  1. cigar, cheroot

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Nepali: चुरोट (curoṭ)

Further reading

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  • Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 646