халтура

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See also: халтуря

Russian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin chartularius, relating to a chartulary (хартула́рий (xartulárij) privy to the imparting of additional earnings. Cognate to Ukrainian хавту́ра (xavtúra), хавту́р (xavtúr, gift to clerics in kind; gift; graft, palm-oil), Belarusian хаўту́ры (xaŭtúry, funeral).

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Noun

халту́ра (xaltúraf inan (genitive халту́ры, nominative plural халту́ры, genitive plural халту́р, diminutive халту́рка)

  1. (regional, now largely unknown) funeral banquet, extra-treats in connection to someone being interred
    Synonym: поми́нки (pomínki)
  2. (informal, slang) yields acquired or work performed irregularly, job of imperfect compliance
    1. undeclared work, black market job, supplementary contract, moonlighting, participation in informal economy, nixer; khaltura
    2. shoddy work (something intentionally done poorly), sloppy or half-assed job; hack; a botch; a pot boiler; khaltura

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References

  • Tatár, Maria Magdolna (1999) “A Turkic loan-word in modern Russian political publicism and Turkic and Mongolic preverbs”, in Studia Orientalia, volume 85, Helsinki, pages 215–220
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “халтура”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress