puttun

English

Alternative forms

• pultun, pultoon, pulton, pultan

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi पलटन (palṭan, “regiment”), itself from English platoon.

Noun

puttun (plural puttuns)

1. (India, archaic) A regiment.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary

Inupiaq

Noun

puttun (dual puttutik, plural puttutit)

1. piercing tool

   Aŋutit atuġaġigaat puttun suliuqamiŋ.

   Men use a piercing tool when making things.