تک
Persian
Alternative forms
- تگ (tag)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [tak]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäk]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäk]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰækʲ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäk]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | tak |
Dari reading? | tak |
Iranian reading? | tak |
Tajik reading? | tak |
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian tk' (tag, “running; attack”), from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ-. Related to تاختن (tâxtan, “to attack”), and also related to Old Armenian ասպատակ (aspatak); which is an Iranian borrowing.
Derived terms
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “تك”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish تك (tek, “single”), from Proto-Turkic *tēk.
Or from Middle Iranian. Compare Middle Persian tʾk (tāg, “item, unit; alone, single”), Persian تاه (tâh, “item, unit; plait, fold, ply”).
Synonyms
- تیله (tile)
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀢𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*tavakka), *𑀢𑀸𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*tāvakka)), from Sanskrit तावत्क (tā́vatka, “bought for so much”). Cognate with Hindi तक (tak) / Urdu تک (tak).
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tāˊvatka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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