Editing Cheroot (section)

{{Short description|Cylindrical cigar without a filter}}
[[File:Cheroot making leaves or cheroot leaves 2013-07-03 11-19.jpg|thumbnail|Cheroot-making leaves or cheroot leaves]]

The '''cheroot''' is a filterless cylindrical [[cigar]] with both ends clipped during manufacture. Since cheroots do not taper, they are inexpensive to roll mechanically, and their low cost makes them popular.

The word 'cheroot' probably comes via [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] ''charuto'',<ref>{{cite web |title=cheroot (n.) |url=https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=cheroot |website=etymonline.com |accessdate=December 5, 2019}}</ref> originally from [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ''curuttu/churuttu/shuruttu'' (சுருட்டு), "roll of tobacco". This word could have been absorbed into the French language from Tamil during the 18th century, when the French were trying to stamp their presence in [[South India]]. The word could have then been absorbed into [[English language|English]] from French.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wmich.edu/dialogues/themes/indianwords.htm#links |url-status=dead |title=Etymology of Selected Words of Indian Language Origin |publisher=Wmich.edu |access-date=2004-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220033539/http://www.wmich.edu/dialogues/themes/indianwords.htm#links |archive-date=2014-02-20}}</ref> Cheroots are originated from the city of [[Tiruchirappalli]] in the [[South India|South Indian]] state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. Cheroot are longer than another filter-less Indian-origin product, the [[beedi]].