Also tumbek, -i, toumbeki, toombak, (tumbki). [a. Arabic tunbā·k, ad. F. tabac tobacco.] Name in Turkey for a coarse kind of tobacco imported from Persia; Shiraz tobacco.
1836. Lane, Mod. Egypt., I. v. 167. A particular kind of tobacco, called toombák, from Persia, is used in the water-pipe.
1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Toumbeki, a Turkish name for Schiraz tobacco.
1882. O’Donovan, Merv Oasis, I. v. 80. A handful of tumbaki, a coarse kind of tobacco used in these regions, is thrown in, and the smoker … inhales the fumes of the tobacco, mingled with air.
1891. Kew Bulletin, 77. Tumbeki.
1897. Daily News, 31 Dec., 3/6. Lazily smoking a narghilé charged with fragrant Persian tumbki.
