তামুক
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Bengali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian تنباکو (tambākū), ultimately from Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq). 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), Marathi तंबाखू (tambākhū).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]তামুক • (tamuk) (chiefly Vanga and Varendra)
- tobacco
- এক চিলম তামুক খাও। ― êk silôm tamuk khao. ― Smoke a chillumful of tobacco.