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Russian
Etymology
Via Turkic from Arabic مَهْزُولَات f pl (mahzūlāt, “refuse, waste”), feminine plural of مَهْزُول (mahzūl). Influenced by ма́зать (mázatʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
мазу́т • (mazút) m inan (genitive мазу́та, nominative plural мазу́ты, genitive plural мазу́тов)
- mazut, fuel oil
Declension
Descendants
References
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “мазут”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мазут”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress