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- Russian · borrowed fromмаршру́тка
- English todaymarshrutka
From Russian маршру́тка (maršrútka), colloquial clipping of маршру́тное такси́ (maršrútnoje taksí, “routed taxi”), from маршру́т (maršrút, “planned route”) and такси́ (taksí, “taxi”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.