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

(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)

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