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Where does “tütün” come from?

tütün (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish توتون, from Proto-Turkic tütün — smoke.

tütün (Turkish): tobacco

Definitions

  1. tobacco

Ancestry of “tütün”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishتوتونtobacco; smoke
2Proto-Turkictütünsmoke

Words derived from “tütün”

  • tytoń
  • tytoniowy
  • tütüncü
  • tutun
  • Թութունջյան
  • թութուն
  • თუთუნი
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