Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

makhorka

/məˈkɔː(ɹ)kə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: makhor-ka
IPA: /məˈkɔː(ɹ)kə/

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A coarse, strong type of tobacco (Nicotiana rustica), especially grown in Russia and Ukraine.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Carefully refolding the paper, he put it away and rolled himself a cigarette of powerful makhorka in the strip of newspaper."
"More than three-quarters of the Soviet tobacco output consists of makhorka (Nicotiana rustica), a low-grade variety used in other European countries only as an insecticide because of its high nicotine content."
"We were starving for tobacco—makhorka, actually, which, according to soldiers, helped survive cold, hunger and everyday toil. They gave us one pack of makhorka a month."

Etymology

From Russian махо́рка (maxórka). The Russian term took its name from the Dutch city of Amersfoort, known for its tobacco industry.

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: махо́рка

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

makhorkas (plural)

Synonyms

Aztec tobacco mapacho wild tobacco

Questions

How do you pronounce makhorka?: The recorded pronunciation is /məˈkɔː(ɹ)kə/.
What does makhorka mean?: A coarse, strong type of tobacco (Nicotiana rustica), especially grown in Russia and Ukraine.
Where does makhorka come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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