tutovka

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English

An Armenian tutovka

Etymology

From Russian туто́вка (tutóvka), from ту́та (túta, “mulberry”).

Noun

tutovka (uncountable)

  1. A distilled alcoholic liquor made from fermented mulberries, traditional in the South Caucasus, especially among the Armenians of Karabakh.
    • 2003, Thomas de Waal, Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War‎, page 188:
      Midway through the meal, my neighbor rose to his feet and proposed a toast in tutovka, the local stinging but sweet mulberry vodka.

Translations

Czech

Etymology

From tutový +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

Noun

tutovka f

  1. (slang) safe bet, dead cert

Declension

Declension of tutovka (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative tutovka tutovky
genitive tutovky tutovek
dative tutovce tutovkám
accusative tutovku tutovky
vocative tutovko tutovky
locative tutovce tutovkách
instrumental tutovkou tutovkami

Further reading

  • “tutovka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “tutovka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “tutovka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
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