tabak

See also: Tabak, Tabák, and tabák

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tabak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈbak/ [taˈbak]
• Hyphenation: ta‧bak

Noun

tabák (Basahan spelling ᜆᜊᜃ᜔)

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) bolo (Philippine machete)

   Synonym: sundang

See also

• balisong
• daga
• gata
• kutsilyo
• lanseta
• minasbad
• palas
• sanggot

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

tabak

Wikipedia ^nl

Alternative forms

• toebak (dialectal, dated otherwise)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tabaco.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /taːˈbɑk/
• Hyphenation: ta‧bak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

Noun

tabak m (plural tabakken, diminutive tabakje n)

1. the tobacco plant
2. (chiefly uncountable) tobacco, the product made from leaves of certain of its varieties, to be smoked in cigars etc., sniffed or chewed
3. (obsolete) something excellent, something outstanding

Derived terms

• pruimtabak
• roltabak
• snuiftabak
• straffe toebak
• tabak hebben van
• tabakker
• tabaksaandeel
• tabaksaccijns
• tabaksblad
• tabaksbouw
• tabakscultuur
• tabaksdoos
• tabakseest
• tabakshandel
• tabaksmonopolie
• tabaksplanter
• tabaksregie
• tabaksrook
• tabaksverslaafde
• tabakswinkel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tabak
• Berbice Creole Dutch: tobaku
• Jersey Dutch: tebāk
• Negerhollands: tobak, tubak
• → Caribbean Hindustani: tamáku
• → Saramaccan: tabáku
• → West Frisian: tabak

Polish

Alternative forms

• tabák (Przemyśl)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.bak/
• Rhymes: -abak
• Syllabification: ta‧bak

Noun

tabak m inan

1. (dialectal) tobacco (leaves of Nicotiana tabacum and some other species cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing)

   Synonym: tytoń

Declension

Declension of tabak

	singular
nominative	tabak
genitive	tabaku
dative	tabakowi
accusative	tabak
instrumental	tabakiem
locative	tabaku
vocative	tabaku

Further reading

• tabak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طباق (tabak), from Arabic طَبَق (ṭabaq).

Noun

tȁbak m inan (Cyrillic spelling та̏бак)

1. (regional) sheet of paper

Declension

Declension of tabak

	singular	plural
nominative	tabak	tabaci
genitive	tabaka	tabaka
dative	tabaku	tabacima
accusative	tabak	tabake
vocative	tabače	tabaci
locative	tabaku	tabacima
instrumental	tabakom	tabacima

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtabak]

Noun

tabak m inan (relational adjective tabakový, diminutive tabačik)

1. tobacco

Declension

Declension of tabak
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	tabak	tabaky
genitive	tabaku	tabakov
dative	tabaku	tabakom
accusative	tabak	tabaky
locative	tabaku	tabakoch
instrumental	tabakom	tabakmi

Further reading

• “tabak”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tabak. Compare Bikol Central tabak.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈbak/ [t̪ɐˈbak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: ta‧bak

Noun

tabák (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜃ᜔)

1. cutlass; bolo (a Philippine style of machete)

   Synonyms: itak, gulok

2. hacking with such a weapon

   Synonyms: pagtabak, pagtaga, taga

3. big cut or wound made by such a weapon

   Synonym: taga

Derived terms

• matabak
• pagtabak
• tabakan
• tabakin

See also

• alpanghe
• kampilan

Anagrams

• batak, bakat, takba

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tabak.

Noun

tabak

1. tobacco

   Synonym: brus

Turkish

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:

tabak

Wikipedia ^tr

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طباق (tabak, “dish; lid, cover”), from Arabic طَبَق (ṭabaq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑˈbɑk/
• Hyphenation: ta‧bak

• Audio:

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Noun

tabak (definite accusative tabağı, plural tabaklar)

1. plate (the dish from which food is served or eaten)
2. dish

Declension

Declension of tabak

singular plural nominative tabak tabaklar definite accusative tabağı tabakları dative tabağa tabaklara locative tabakta tabaklarda ablative tabaktan tabaklardan genitive tabağın tabakların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular tabağım tabaklarım 2nd singular tabağın tabakların 3rd singular tabağı tabakları 1st plural tabağımız tabaklarımız 2nd plural tabağınız tabaklarınız 3rd plural tabakları tabakları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular tabağımı tabaklarımı 2nd singular tabağını tabaklarını 3rd singular tabağını tabaklarını 1st plural tabağımızı tabaklarımızı 2nd plural tabağınızı tabaklarınızı 3rd plural tabaklarını tabaklarını dative singular plural 1st singular tabağıma tabaklarıma 2nd singular tabağına tabaklarına 3rd singular tabağına tabaklarına 1st plural tabağımıza tabaklarımıza 2nd plural tabağınıza tabaklarınıza 3rd plural tabaklarına tabaklarına locative singular plural 1st singular tabağımda tabaklarımda 2nd singular tabağında tabaklarında 3rd singular tabağında tabaklarında 1st plural tabağımızda tabaklarımızda 2nd plural tabağınızda tabaklarınızda 3rd plural tabaklarında tabaklarında ablative singular plural 1st singular tabağımdan tabaklarımdan 2nd singular tabağından tabaklarından 3rd singular tabağından tabaklarından 1st plural tabağımızdan tabaklarımızdan 2nd plural tabağınızdan tabaklarınızdan 3rd plural tabaklarından tabaklarından genitive singular plural 1st singular tabağımın tabaklarımın 2nd singular tabağının tabaklarının 3rd singular tabağının tabaklarının 1st plural tabağımızın tabaklarımızın 2nd plural tabağınızın tabaklarınızın 3rd plural tabaklarının tabaklarının

Descendants

• → Romanian: tabac

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tabak1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَبَق (ṭabaq).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧bak

Noun

tabak (definite accusative tabagy, plural tabaklar)

1. plate

Declension

Declension of tabak

	singular	plural
nominative	tabak	tabaklar
accusative	tabagy	tabaklary
genitive	tabagyň	tabaklaryň
dative	tabaga	tabaklara
locative	tabakda	tabaklarda
ablative	tabakdan	tabaklardan

Further reading

• “tabak” in Enedilim.com
• “tabak” in Webonary.org

Vilamovian

Noun

tabak m

1. the tobacco plant
2. tobacco, the product made from leaves of certain of its varieties, to be smoked in cigars etc., sniffed or chewed

Derived terms

• tabakfȧjf f
• tabakbłīmła n

Volapük

Noun

tabak (nominative plural tabaks)

1. tobacco

Declension

Declension of tabak

	singular	plural
nominative	tabak	tabaks
genitive	tabaka	tabakas
dative	tabake	tabakes
accusative	tabaki	tabakis
vocative 1	o tabak!	o tabaks!
predicative 2	tabaku	tabakus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch tabak, from Spanish tabaco.

Noun

tabak c (no plural)

1. tobacco

Further reading

• “tabak”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011