утюг

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утюг

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Etymology

From a Turkic source, from Old Turkic ütüg, from Proto-Turkic *ütüg; whence also Turkish ütü (iron).

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Noun

утю́г (utjúgm inan (genitive утюга́, nominative plural утюги́, genitive plural утюго́в, relational adjective утю́жный, diminutive утюжо́к)

  1. iron (for pressing clothes)
    • 1913, Максим Горький, “II”, in Детство; English translation from Ronald Wilks, transl., My Childhood, 1966:
      Неловко повернувшись на печи, я свалил утюг; загремев по ступеням влаза, он шлёпнулся в лохань с помоями.
      Nelovko povernuvšisʹ na peči, ja svalil utjug; zagremev po stupenjam vlaza, on šljópnulsja v loxanʹ s pomojami.
      I turned clumsily on my perch on the stove and knocked an iron over. It clattered down the small ladder and fell into the sink with a loud splash.

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Descendants

  • Ingrian: utjuga
  • Romanian: utiug (Republic of Moldova)