тытунъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• титу́нъ (titún), титю́нъ (titjún), тытю́нъ (tytjún)

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 (tjutjún). First attested in the late 1600s.

Noun

тытунъ • (tytun) m inan

1. (dialectal, uncountable) tobacco (plant and its leaves used for smoking)

   Synonyms: таба́къ (tabák), тютю́нъ (tjutjún)

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), numbers 33 (струна – треснутися), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 312