Tobacco in Different Languages
Discover 'Tobacco' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Tobacco
Afrikaans tabak | ||
Albanian duhanit | ||
Amharic ትንባሆ | ||
Arabic التبغ | ||
Armenian ծխախոտ | ||
Assamese ধঁপাত | ||
Aymara tabaco ukata | ||
Azerbaijani tütün | ||
Bambara sigarɛti | ||
Basque tabakoa | ||
Belarusian тытунь | ||
Bengali তামাক | ||
Bhojpuri तंबाकू के इस्तेमाल कइल जाला | ||
Bosnian duvan | ||
Bulgarian тютюн | ||
Catalan tabac | ||
Cebuano tabako | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 烟草 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 煙草 | ||
Corsican tabaccu | ||
Croatian duhan | ||
Czech tabák | ||
Danish tobak | ||
Dhivehi ދުންފަތެވެ | ||
Dogri तम्बाकू | ||
Dutch tabak- | ||
English tobacco | ||
Esperanto tabako | ||
Estonian tubakas | ||
Ewe atama | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tabako | ||
Finnish tupakka | ||
French le tabac | ||
Frisian tabak | ||
Galician tabaco | ||
Georgian თამბაქო | ||
German tabak | ||
Greek καπνός | ||
Guarani tabaco rehegua | ||
Gujarati તમાકુ | ||
Haitian Creole tabak | ||
Hausa taba | ||
Hawaiian paka | ||
Hebrew טַבָּק | ||
Hindi तंबाकू | ||
Hmong luam yeeb | ||
Hungarian dohány | ||
Icelandic tóbak | ||
Igbo ụtaba | ||
Ilocano tabako | ||
Indonesian tembakau | ||
Irish tobac | ||
Italian tabacco | ||
Japanese タバコ | ||
Javanese tembako | ||
Kannada ತಂಬಾಕು | ||
Kazakh темекі | ||
Khmer ថ្នាំជក់ | ||
Kinyarwanda itabi | ||
Konkani तंबाखूचो वापर | ||
Korean 담배 | ||
Krio tabak we dɛn kin yuz fɔ smok | ||
Kurdish tûtin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) تووتن | ||
Kyrgyz тамеки | ||
Lao ຢາສູບ | ||
Latin tabaci | ||
Latvian tabaka | ||
Lingala makaya | ||
Lithuanian tabakas | ||
Luganda taaba | ||
Luxembourgish tubak | ||
Macedonian тутун | ||
Maithili तम्बाकू | ||
Malagasy sigara | ||
Malay tembakau | ||
Malayalam പുകയില | ||
Maltese tabakk | ||
Maori tupeka | ||
Marathi तंबाखू | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯇꯝꯕꯥ ꯉꯃꯗꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo zuk leh hmuam | ||
Mongolian тамхи | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဆေးရွက်ကြီး | ||
Nepali सुर्ती | ||
Norwegian tobakk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) fodya | ||
Odia (Oriya) ତମାଖୁ | ||
Oromo tamboo xuuxuu | ||
Pashto تنباکو | ||
Persian تنباکو | ||
Polish tytoń | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) tabaco | ||
Punjabi ਤੰਬਾਕੂ | ||
Quechua tabaco | ||
Romanian tutun | ||
Russian табак | ||
Samoan tapaa | ||
Sanskrit तम्बाकू | ||
Scots Gaelic tombaca | ||
Sepedi motšoko | ||
Serbian дуван | ||
Sesotho koae | ||
Shona fodya | ||
Sindhi تمباکو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දුම්කොළ | ||
Slovak tabak | ||
Slovenian tobak | ||
Somali tubaakada | ||
Spanish tabaco | ||
Sundanese bako | ||
Swahili tumbaku | ||
Swedish tobak | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tabako | ||
Tajik тамоку | ||
Tamil புகையிலை | ||
Tatar тәмәке | ||
Telugu పొగాకు | ||
Thai ยาสูบ | ||
Tigrinya ትምባኾ | ||
Tsonga fole | ||
Turkish tütün | ||
Turkmen temmäki | ||
Twi (Akan) tawa a wɔde di dwuma | ||
Ukrainian тютюн | ||
Urdu تمباکو | ||
Uyghur تاماكا | ||
Uzbek tamaki | ||
Vietnamese thuốc lá | ||
Welsh tybaco | ||
Xhosa icuba | ||
Yiddish טאַביק | ||
Yoruba taba | ||
Zulu ugwayi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "tabak" in Afrikaans is derived from the Dutch word "tabak" and also refers to the chewing tobacco used in dipping. |
| Albanian | {"text": "The word "duhanit" is derived from the Proto-Albanian word *d(h)uni, which meant "herb, plant" and is related to the Albanian word "bimë," also meaning "herb, plant."} |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ትንባሆ" (tobacco) is derived from the Portuguese "tonbaco," reflecting the historical trade relationship between the two countries. |
| Arabic | "التبغ" means "tobacco" in Arabic, but it also has the alternate meaning of "the act of smoking tobacco". |
| Armenian | The word "ծխախոտ" is derived from the Persian word "segah hud" meaning "burning herb" in Armenian. |
| Azerbaijani | "Tütün" originates from Arabic "dukhkhan", meaning "smoke". |
| Basque | The word 'tabakoa' in Basque may come from the Mayan 'ta' (strong) and 'bak' (smoke). |
| Belarusian | The word "тытунь" is derived from the South American Indian language Taino and was originally used to refer to the smoking pipe used by the indigenous people of the Caribbean. |
| Bengali | The word "তামাক" comes from the Mayan word "tamal'li", meaning "wrapped leaf". |
| Bosnian | The word 'duvan' can also refer to a type of sweet, sticky pastry filled with walnuts or almonds in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | Тютюн comes from the Turkish word "tütün" with the same meaning, which in turn comes from the Arabic word "dukhkhān", also meaning "tobacco". |
| Catalan | The word "tabac" can also refer to a shop that sells tobacco and other related products in Catalan. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word tabako was originally used to refer to the betel nut and its intoxicating effects, later on loaned into Spanish as tabaco and then English as tobacco. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word 烟草 literally translates as |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The Chinese character for "tobacco" (煙草) is a combination of the characters for "smoke" (煙) and "herb" (草), reflecting its origins as a plant that is smoked. |
| Corsican | Corsican word for tobacco is "tabaccu", from the Spanish "tabaco" which is probably from Caribbean origin. |
| Croatian | Duhan, the Croatian word for tobacco, comes from the Persian word دخان (dukhān), meaning "smoke." |
| Czech | The word "tabák" comes from the Taino word "tabaco", meaning "herb that heals". |
| Danish | Tobak is the Danish word for tobacco, and it is used to refer to the plant itself, as well as to the dried leaves that are smoked or chewed. |
| Dutch | The word "tabak-" can also mean "smoke" or "fumigate" in Dutch. |
| Esperanto | The word "tabako" comes from the Taino word "kohiba", meaning "a roll of tobacco leaves." |
| Estonian | Tubakas has the alternate meanings "snuff" and "powdered gold". |
| Finnish | The word was derived from the Taino word "tabaco." |
| French | The French word "le tabac" originally referred to a pipe, not the plant itself, and is derived from the Caribbean Taino language. |
| Frisian | The word "tabak" in Frisian has its origin in the Spanish word "tabaco", which in turn comes from the Taíno word "tabaco" meaning "a roll of tobacco leaves". |
| Galician | In Galician, "tabaco" has a double meaning: "tobacco" and "large, flat stone". |
| Georgian | "თამბაქო" is a loanword from Turkish "tütün" and ultimately originates from the Mayan word "yaxum" ( |
| German | In German, the word "Tabak" can also refer to a playing card game, the "Tappen" card game. |
| Greek | The Greek word "καπνός" also means "smoke" and is related to the name of the Roman god Vulcan, whose association with fire and smoke gave his name to the volcano. |
| Gujarati | The word ''તમાકુ'' is derived from the Mayan word ''tamak'', meaning ''a bundle of smoking leaves''. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haiti, "tabak" also refers to a small shop or street vendor stand selling a variety of goods. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "taba" can also refer to "snuff", "incense", or "fragrant herbs". |
| Hawaiian | Hawaiian word “paka” has been used to describe tobacco, the plant, and the act of smoking. |
| Hebrew | In Aramaic, טַבָּק refers to a type of liquid dye |
| Hindi | The word "तंबाकू" (tobacco) is derived from the Spanish word "tabaco", which is in turn derived from a Mayan language word for a smoking pipe. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "luam yeeb" also refers to a type of shamanistic spirit, embodying aspects of both good and evil and associated with a certain degree of danger and fear. |
| Hungarian | "Dohány" szó a török "tütün" szóból ered, eredeti jelentése "fű", "növény" volt. |
| Icelandic | The word "tóbak" is derived from the Nahuatl word "tōbaktl" and has an obsolete meaning of "pipe" |
| Igbo | It is also used to describe a type of snuffbox made from animal horn. |
| Indonesian | The word "tembakau" is derived from the Portuguese word "tabaco", which in turn comes from the Mayan word "taab ak". In Javanese, "tembakau" also means "to shoot with a gun", due to the similarity in pronunciation. |
| Irish | In Irish, the word "tobac" also means "a cloud of smoke". |
| Italian | In Italian, the word "tabacco" derives from an extinct South American word, of Haitian origin, "tabaco", which means "roll of tobacco leaves". |
| Japanese | "タバコ" is derived from Spanish "tabaco". In addition to tobacco, it can also mean a roll of paper that marijuana, hemp, etc. are wrapped in. |
| Javanese | The word "tembako" is used to refer to the plant and the dried leaf that is smoked. |
| Kannada | Though now exclusively associated with tobacco, the Kannada word ತಂಬಾಕು (tambaaku) once also referred to a particular type of cotton known for its elasticity |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word 'темекі' not only means 'tobacco', but also refers to a traditional herb mixture smoked in a pipe. |
| Khmer | The word 'ថ្នាំជក់' (pronounced 'tnorm chork') literally translates to 'medicine to shake', and in Khmer culture, tobacco chewing is believed to improve digestion and alertness. |
| Korean | The word "담배" is also used to refer to the act of smoking and can be translated as "smoking" or "cigarette." |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, the word "tûtin" can also mean "pipe" or "smoke". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "тамеки" is derived from the Persian word "تنباکو" (tambaku), which itself comes from the Arabic word "تنباك" (tunbak). |
| Lao | The Lao word ຢາສູບ ( |
| Latin | In pre-Columbian Latin, "tabaci" referred specifically to the smoking tube, rather than the plant. |
| Latvian | The word "tabaka" in Latvian can also refer to a tobacco pipe or a cigarette. |
| Lithuanian | "Tabakas" is derived from the Tupi word "pétun" meaning "sacred herb". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Tubak" in Luxembourgish is derived from the Tupi word "tupaka" meaning "pipe" and was later adopted by the Spanish and Portuguese as "tabaco." |
| Macedonian | The word "тутун" also refers to the act of smoking and its effects. |
| Malagasy | The word "sigara" in Malagasy originally meant "cigarette", but now it is used to refer to any form of tobacco. |
| Malay | Tembakau is also the Malay word for artillery. |
| Maltese | The word "tabakk" in Maltese is derived from the Arabic word "tabgh", meaning "herb" or "plant". |
| Maori | The Maori word "tupeka" likely derives from the Spanish "tabaco" and also refers to smoking accessories. |
| Marathi | The word "तंबाखू" is derived from the Portuguese word "tabaco", which is the name given to the tobacco plant by the indigenous people of the Caribbean Islands. |
| Mongolian | The word 'тамхи' is derived from the Chinese word 'tanbak', which means 'tobacco'. |
| Nepali | The word "सुर्ती" is derived from Sanskrit "sur" meaning "surak" (a kind of alcoholic beverage) or "sur" (god) and "-ti" meaning "plant". |
| Norwegian | "Tobakk" is derived from the Spanish "tabaco", which is also the origin of the English "tobacco." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "fodya" in Nyanja (Chichewa) also means "snuffbox" or "cigarette case". |
| Pashto | The word "تنباکو" comes from the Taino word "tabaco", which means "a roll of tobacco leaves". |
| Persian | The word "تنباکو" is derived from the Persian word "تنبان" meaning "trousers", as tobacco was originally transported in trousers. |
| Polish | The word "tytoń" is derived from the Latin word "tabacum", which in turn comes from the Taíno word "cohiba." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "tabaco" in Portuguese derives from the Tupi-Guarani word "petum" and was first used in Europe in the 16th century. |
| Romanian | It comes from Proto-Slavic *tutunŭ, which is a derivative of Ottoman Turkish dütün 'smoke' |
| Russian | The word "табак" in Russian is derived from the West Indian Taino word "tabaco". |
| Samoan | The word "tapaa" can also refer to an intoxicating drink made with kava or a roll of finely woven barkcloth. |
| Scots Gaelic | Scots Gaelic “tombaca” was borrowed from Spanish “tombaco”, which may have come from a Mayan word meaning “pipe”. |
| Serbian | While the word 'дуван' in Serbian primarily refers to tobacco, it can also mean 'powder' or 'gunpowder', showcasing its multifaceted history. |
| Sesotho | Sesotho word "koae" is also the name of a type of beetle or insect. |
| Shona | In some dialects, fodya may also refer to the leaves of certain trees used for medicinal purposes or for producing traditional dyes. |
| Sindhi | The word "تمباکو" can also refer to the smoke produced by burning tobacco leaves. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | දුම්කොළ is of uncertain origin but may be derived from the Tamil word 'thumbai' meaning 'to smoke' or 'to inhale'. |
| Slovak | The word "tabak" can also refer to "a pile" |
| Slovenian | "Tobak" can also mean "dust" or "powder" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The Somali word "tubaakada" is thought to be derived from the Arabic word "tabak". |
| Spanish | In Spanish, the word "tabaco" can mean both "tobacco" and "snuff" |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "bako" is also cognate with the Javanese and Malay word "bakau", which can refer not just to tobacco, but also to a species of mangrove. |
| Swahili | The word "tumbaku" is borrowed from Portuguese "tombaco", which in turn comes from the Tupi word "tunba'ka". |
| Swedish | In Swedish, 'tobak' can also refer to the leaves and stems of the tobacco plant before processing. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "tabako" derives from the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs and means both "tobacco" and "smoke". |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "тамоку" comes from the Spanish "tabaco", meaning "tobacco plant". |
| Telugu | The Telugu word 'పొగాకు' is derived from the Spanish word 'tabaco', which in turn is derived from the Nahuatl word 'yeyatl', meaning 'pipe' or 'tobacco'. |
| Thai | The word 'ยาสูบ' derives from Sanskrit, where 'su' is 'good' and 'paa' is 'to protect or nourish' |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "tütün" comes from the Arabic word "dukhkhān", meaning "smoke", and is also related to the Persian word "tutun". |
| Ukrainian | "Тютюн" is a word of Turkic origin that entered the Ukrainian language at the end of the 16th century and initially meant "pipe" or "smoke from a pipe" |
| Urdu | The word 'تمباکو' in Urdu is thought to have been derived from the Persian word 'تنباکو', which itself comes from the Nahuatl word 'picietl'. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "tamaki" is a popular colloquial word for "tobacco", while the more formal term is "tamaki mahsulotlari". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word 'tybaco', meaning 'tobacco', derives from the Spanish word 'tabaco', originally from the Taíno word 'cohiba'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word “טאַביק” (tobacco) is derived from the Taino word “tabaco,” meaning “holy herb.” |
| Yoruba | "Tàbá" can also mean "snuff" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "ugwayi" also signifies "a plant, usually of medicinal value." |
| English | The word "tobacco" comes from the Taino word "tabaco", which means "a roll of leaves" |