ཐ་མག

Tibetan

Etymology

From Middle Mongol ᠲᠠᠮᠠᠬᠢ (tamaki, “tobacco”), from Persian ⁧تنباکو⁩ (tanbâku), from Arabic ⁧طُبَّاق⁩ (ṭubbāq), perhaps via an Indo-Aryan intermediary. Compare Old Marathi तमाखु (tamākhu), 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 (tômakhu), Bengali তামাক (tamak).

Noun

ཐ་མག • (tha mag)

  1. cigarette

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