तंबाखू

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تنباکو (tanbākū). First attested as Old Marathi तमाखु (tamākhu). Compare Gujarati તમાકુ (tamāku), Hindustani تَنبَاکُو (tanbākū) / तंबाकू (tambākū), Kannada ತಂಬಾಕು (tambāku), Sindhi تَماڪُ / तमाकु, Punjabi ਤਮਾਕੂ (tamākū) / تَمباکُو (tambākū), Maithili तमाकुल (tamākul) / 𑒞𑒧𑒰𑒏𑒳𑒪 (tamākula), तमाकू (tamākū) / 𑒞𑒧𑒰𑒏𑒴 (tamākū), Odia ତମାଖୁ (tamākhu), Bengali তামাক (tamak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪əm.ba.kʰu/, [t̪əm.ba.kʰuː]

Noun

तंबाखू • (tambākhū) f or m

1. tobacco

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “तंबाखू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “तंबाखू,_तंबाकू”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “तंबाकू-खू,_तमाखु”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).