tabaka

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Spanish tabaco, itself borrowed from a Taíno (Arawakan) word meaning either “roll of tobacco leaves” or “pipe for smoking tobacco,” but apparently also merged with a pre-existing borrowing from Arabic طَبَاق‎ (ṭabāq, “a type of medicinal herb”), found in the early 15th century as the name of various herbs.

• IPA^(key): [tabaka]

tabaka f (4th declension)

1. tobacco (several plants of the genus Nicotiana, especially Nicotiana tabacum and related species, with leaves used for smoking or chewing)

   tabakas audzēšana ― tobacco cultivation

   tabakas šķirne ― tobacco variety

   tabakas lapas satur nikotīnu, kas ir stipra sirds inde un pamazām atstāj graujošu ietekmi uz cilvēka asinsvadu sistēmu un nerviem ― tobacco leaves contain nicotine, which is a strong heart poison and has gradual destructive influence on a person's circulatory and nervous systems

2. tobacco (the leaves of such a plant, especially when dried and/or pulverized for smoking or chewing)

   tabakas fabrika ― tobacco factory

   tabakas izstrādājumi ― tobacco products

   smēķēt tabaku ― to smoke tobacco

   tabakas maks, tabakmaks ― tobacco pouch

   košļāt, zelēt tabaku ― to chew tobacco

   bāzt tabaku pīpē ― to stick tobacco into a pipe

   piebāzt pīpi ar tabaku ― to stuff a pipe with tobacco

   šņaucamā tabaka ― snuff (lit. sniffable tobacco)

   istaba tabakas dūmu tik pilna, ka mušas meklēja glābiņu pie sijām ― the room was so full of tobacco smoke that the flies looked for shelter at the beams

• tabakmaks, tabakas maks

• cigārs, cigarete
• pīpe
• smēķēt
• šķiltavas

Borrowed from Spanish tabaco.

• IPA^(key): /taˈba.ka/

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• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ta‧ba‧ka

tabaka f (diminutive tabaczka)

1. snuff (a form of tobacco for sniffing)

• tabaka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tabaka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From English tobacco and/or Dutch tabak, both from Spanish tabaco.

tabaka

1. tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎:

     tabakka hati nussu

     Tobacco hurts the nose.

   • 1936, Melville J. Herskovits and Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎, New York: Columbia University Press, page 240:

     Kaptein sidǫ' tiri, dɛn a nyąm ala na nyąm baka. Na baka dɑti, a puri bɩgi pipa nąŋga Amer'ką tabaka, ɛn a bɩgɩn smoko te a i drųŋgu.

     The captain sat down quietly, and again ate all the food. After that, he powdered a large pipe with American tobacco, and he began to smoke until he was drunk.

   • 1994, Albert Helman, Adyosi / Afscheid‎, Nijmegen: Stichting Instituut ter Bevordering van de Surinamistiek, page 64:

     Blakaman e smoko blakatitei / bika na a moro bunkopu tabaka

     Black men smoke black shag / because it is the cheapest tobacco

Borrowed from Arabic طَبَقَة‎ (ṭabaqa).

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tabaka (ma class, plural matabaka) or tabaka (n class, plural tabaka)

1. layer, stratum
2. class, social class

   tabaka tawala ― ruling class

From Ottoman Turkish تبقه‎ (tabaka, “layer; sheet of paper”), from Arabic طَبَقَة‎ (ṭabaqa).

tabaka (definite accusative tabakayı, plural tabakalar)

1. layer

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tabaka”, in Nişanyan Sözlük