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". Not related to Indonesian bakau.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təmˈbakau̯/ [t̪əmˈba.kau̯]

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• Rhymes: -akau̯
• Syllabification: tem‧ba‧kau

Noun

têmbakau (plural tembakau-tembakau)

1. tobacco

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 [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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)

1. tobacco

Descendants

• Indonesian: tembakau

Further reading

• "tembakau" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "tembakau" at PRPM first version)