tabak

See also: Tabak and tabák

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tabaco, from Taíno [Term?] or Arabic [Term?].

Pronunciation

• tabak:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /taːˈbɑk/
• Hyphenation: ta‧bak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

Noun

tabak m (plural tabakken, diminutive tabakje n)

1. The tobacco plant.
2. (chiefly uncountable) Tobacco, the product made from leaves of certain of its varieties, to be smoked in cigars etc., sniffed or chewed.

Derived terms

• pruimtabak
• roltabak
• snuiftabak
• tabakker
• tabaksaandeel
• tabaksaccijns
• tabaksblad
• tabaksbouw
• tabakscultuur
• tabaksdoos
• tabakseest
• tabakshandel
• tabaksmonopolie
• tabaksplanter
• tabaksregie
• tabaksrook
• tabaksverslaafde
• tabakswinkel

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tabak
• → West Frisian: tabak

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.bak/

Noun

tabak m inan

1. (dialectal) tobacco

Synonyms

• tytoń

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طباق (tabak), from Arabic طَبَق (ṭabaq).

Noun

tȁbak m (Cyrillic spelling та̏бак)

1. (regional) sheet of paper

Declension

Declension of tabak

	singular	plural
nominative	tabak	tabaci
genitive	tabaka	tabaka
dative	tabaku	tabacima
accusative	tabak	tabake
vocative	tabače	tabaci
locative	tabaku	tabacima
instrumental	tabakom	tabacima

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtabak/

Noun

tabak m (genitive singular tabaku, nominative plural tabaky, genitive plural tabakov, declension pattern of dub)

1. tobacco

Declension

Declension of tabak

	singular	plural
nominative	tabak	tabaky
genitive	tabaku	tabakov
dative	tabaku	tabakom
accusative	tabak	tabaky
locative	tabaku	tabakoch
instrumental	tabakom	tabakmi

Further reading

• “tabak”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Tagalog

Noun

tabak

1. bolo (Philippine machete)
2. sword

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طباق (tabak), from Arabic طَبَق (ṭabaq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑˈbɑk/
• Hyphenation: ta‧bak

Noun

tabak (definite accusative tabağı, plural tabaklar)

1. plate (the dish from which food is served or eaten)
2. dish

Declension

Declension of tabak

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	tabak	tabaklar
definite accusative (belirtme)	tabağı	tabakları
dative (yönelme)	tabağa	tabaklara
locative (bulunma)	tabakta	tabaklarda
ablative (ayrılma)	tabaktan	tabaklardan
genitive (tamlayan)	tabağın	tabakların

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Vilamovian

Noun

tabak m

1. the tobacco plant
2. tobacco, the product made from leaves of certain of its varieties, to be smoked in cigars etc., sniffed or chewed

Derived terms

• tabakfȧjf f
• tabakbłīmła n

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Volapük

Noun

tabak (nominative plural tabaks)

1. tobacco

Declension

declension of tabak

	singular	plural
nominative	tabak	tabaks
genitive	tabaka	tabakas
dative	tabake	tabakes
accusative	tabaki	tabakis
vocative 1	o tabak!	o tabaks!
predicative 2	tabaku	tabakus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

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West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch tabak, from Spanish tabaco, from Taíno [Term?] or Arabic [Term?].

Noun

tabak c (no plural)

1. tobacco

Further reading

• “tabak”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011