tembakau
Indonesian
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".
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /təmˈbakau̯/ [t̪əmˈba.kau̯]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -akau̯
- Syllabification: tem‧ba‧kau
Noun
têmbakau (plural tembakau-tembakau)
Derived terms
- pertembakauan
- tembakau deli
- tembakau garangan
- tembakau hidung
- tembakau hutan
- tembakau kepala
- tembakau kerosok
- tembakau lempeng
- tembakau lempengan
- tembakau mole
- tembakau sek
- tembakau singgung
- tembakau sisik
- tembakau sun
- tembakau tampang
- tembakau tengkuk
- tembakau teter
Further reading
- “tembakau” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /təmˈbakaw/ [t̪əmˈba.kau̯]
Noun
tembakau (Jawi spelling تمباکاو, plural tembakau-tembakau)
Descendants
- Indonesian: tembakau
Further reading
- “tembakau” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.