tambuu

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tambuu

Where it comes from

From Persian تانبول (tânbul), from Sanskrit ताम्बूल (tāmbūla). Possibly via Hindi तांबूल (tāmbūl). Lodhi also adds Gujarati તાંબૂલ (tāmbūl) as an intermediary.

noun tambuu

  1. class ix betel leaf

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"tambuu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/tambuu. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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tambuu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/tambuu

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"tambuu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/tambuu.

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@misc{tambuu_2026,
  title = {tambuu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/tambuu},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-tambuu.flac.