tembakau

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Etymology

From Malay tembakau, from Hindi तंबाकू (tambākū) or Urdu تمباکو, from Persian تنباکو (tanbâku), either from Arabic طَبَاق (ṭabāq, “a type of medicinal herb”), also طُبَاق (ṭubāq), or from a Taíno word meaning "roll of tobacco leaves" or "a pipe for smoking tobacco".

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  • Hyphenation: têm‧ba‧kau

Noun

têmbakau (first-person possessive tembakauku, second-person possessive tembakaumu, third-person possessive tembakaunya)

  1. tobacco

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Noun

tembakau (Jawi spelling تمباکاو, plural tembakau-tembakau, informal 1st possessive tembakauku, 2nd possessive tembakaumu, 3rd possessive tembakaunya)

  1. tobacco

Descendants

  • Indonesian: tembakau

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