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Latin
Noun
hortum m
- accusative singular of hortus
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خرطوم (hurtum, hortum), from Arabic خُرْطُوم (ḵurṭūm).
Noun
hortum n (plural hortumuri)
- (obsolete) proboscis
Declension
References
- hortum in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish خرطوم (hurtum, hortum), from Arabic خُرْطُوم (ḵurṭūm).
Pronunciation
Noun
hortum (definite accusative hortumu, plural hortumlar)
- snout, proboscis
İblis'in, köpeğin hortumu gibi bir hortumu vardır.- Iblis has a snout like the snout of a dog.
- hose
Adam, yangını bahçe hortumu ile söndürmeye çalıştı.- The man tried to extinguish the fire with a garden hose.
- tornado
Hortum bazı ev ve ahırların duvarlarını yıktı.- The tornado destroyed the walls of some houses and barns.
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hortum”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خرطوم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 840
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN