темекі

Kazakh
Cyrillic темекі (temeki)
Arabic تەمەكى‎

Etymology

From Persian تنباکو‎ (tanbâko, “tobacco”), from Arabic طَبَاق‎ (ṭabāq, “a type of medicinal herb”) and طُبَاق‎ (ṭubāq, “(same)”).

Cognate with Bashkir тәмәке (tämäke), Kyrgyz тамеки (tameki), Uzbek tamaki, Turkmen temmäki, Azerbaijani tənbəki, etc.

Noun

темекі • (temeki)

  1. tobacco
  2. cigarette
  3. smoking
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