toitlus
Toitlus is a noun in the Estonian language that refers to nourishment, provisioning, or the act of providing food. In contemporary usage the term is not common in everyday speech and is more often found in historical, administrative, or formal contexts. For everyday nutrition, Estonians regularly use toitumine, which means nutrition or feeding in a general sense.
The word is formed from toit, meaning food, together with the abstract-noun suffix -lus, which creates nouns
In historical and administrative texts, toitlus can denote the provisioning of food to a population, such as
Related terms include toit (food) and toitumine (nutrition). The concept of toitlus is distinct from individual