makhorka

English

Etymology

From Russian махо́рка (maxórka). The Russian term took its name from the Dutch city of Amersfoort, known for its tobacco industry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈkɔː(ɹ)kə/, /məˈxɔː(ɹ)kə/

Noun

a pack of smoking makhorka

makhorka (usually uncountable, plural makhorkas)

1. (chiefly Russia) A coarse, strong type of tobacco (Nicotiana rustica), especially grown in Russia and Ukraine.

Synonyms

• (Nicotiana rustica): Aztec tobacco, mapacho, wild tobacco

Translations

Nicotiana rustica

• Armenian: մախորկա (hy) (maxorka)
• Azerbaijani: tənbəki
• Belarusian: махо́рка f (maxórka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黃花煙草／黄花烟草, 黄花烟草 (huánghuā yāncǎo)

• Czech: tabák selský (cs) m
• Finnish: mahorkka (fi)
• French: makhorka f
• German: Bauern-Tabak m, Rundblatt-Tabak m, Machorka (de) f
• Japanese: マホルカ (mahoruka), ルスティカタバコ (rusutika tabako)
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• Korean: 마호르카 (mahoreuka)
• Polish: tytoń bakun m
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: махо́рка (ru) f (maxórka)
• Spanish: majorka f, mapacho m
• Swedish: bondtobak
• Ukrainian: махо́рка f (maxórka)
• Vietnamese: thuốc lào (vi)
• Yiddish: מאַכאָרקע f (makhorke)