Where does “tombak” come from?

tombak (English) comes from Malay tembaga, from Sanskrit ताम्रक, from Sanskrit -क, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas.

tombak (English): A type of goblet drum used heavily in Persian...

Definitions

  1. A type of goblet drum used heavily in Persian...

Ancestry of “tombak”, step by step

tombak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay tembaga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytembagacopper
2Sanskritताम्रकcopper
3Sanskrit-कdoer, maker
4Proto-Indo-Aryan*-kas—

via Persian تنبک

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianتنبکtombak
2Middle Persiantwmbk'drum; {{non-gloss definition|perhaps}} tambour

Words derived from “tombak”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas →Every word from Sanskrit -क →Every word from Sanskrit ताम्रक →