ཏང་ཁུ

Sikkimese

Etymology

From Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq), though by different derivation than Tibetan ཐ་མག (tha mag, “cigarette”). Compare Old Marathi 𑘝𑘦𑘰𑘏𑘳 (tamākhu), Gujarati તમાકુ (tamāku), Kannada ತಂಬಾಕು (tambāku), Punjabi ਤਮਾਕੂ (tamākū), Maithili तमाकुल (tamākul) and Odia ତମାଖୁ (tamākhu). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ཏང་ཁུ (tang khu)

  1. tobacco

References

  • Norden Tshering; Pema Rinzin Takchungdarpo (2001), ལྙོ་དབྱིན་ ཤན་སྦྱར་གྱི་ ཆིག་མཇོ་ད།། [Lho dbyin shan sbyar gyi chig mjo da., Bhutia-English Dictionary]‎[1] (overall work in English and Sikkimese), Gangtok, Sikkim: Kwality Stores, page 65
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