marshrutka

Meaning

Noun

• A share taxi in the CIS countries, the Baltic states, and Bulgaria. The role of the modern marshrutka is similar to that of the minibus in other countries, except that some implementations of marshrutka allow passengers to stand.

Origin

• From Russian маршру́тка, colloquial shortening of маршру́тное такси́, from маршру́т, referring to a planned route that something follows, and такси́.