hortum

Latin

Noun

hortum m

  1. accusative singular of hortus

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خرطوم (hurtum, hortum), from Arabic خُرْطُوم (ḵurṭūm).

Noun

hortum n (plural hortumuri)

  1. (obsolete) proboscis

Declension
Declension of hortum
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) hortum hortumul (niște) hortumuri hortumurile
genitive/dative (unui) hortum hortumului (unor) hortumuri hortumurilor
vocative hortumule hortumurilor

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
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Noun

hortum (definite accusative hortumu, plural hortumlar)

  1. snout, proboscis
    İblis'in, köpeğin hortumu gibi bir hortumu vardır.
    Iblis has a snout like the snout of a dog.
  2. hose
    Adam, yangını bahçe hortumu ile söndürmeye çalıştı.
    The man tried to extinguish the fire with a garden hose.
  3. 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
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