تتك

Arabic

Etymology

Mostly via Egyptian Arabic and Sudanese Arabic from Ottoman Turkish تتك (tetik).

Noun

تَتَك or تِتِك • (tatak or titik) m

  1. trigger (of a firearm)

Declension

Declension of noun تَتَك (tatak)‎; تِتِك (titik)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal تَتَك‎; تِتِك
tatak‎; titik 		التَّتَك‎; التِّتِك
at-tatak‎; at-titik 		تَتَك‎; تِتِك
tatak‎; titik
nominative تَتَكٌ‎; تِتِكٌ
tatakun‎; titikun 		التَّتَكُ‎; التِّتِكُ
at-tataku‎; at-titiku 		تَتَكُ‎; تِتِكُ
tataku‎; titiku
accusative تَتَكًا‎; تِتِكًا
tatakan‎; titikan 		التَّتَكَ‎; التِّتِكَ
at-tataka‎; at-titika 		تَتَكَ‎; تِتِكَ
tataka‎; titika
genitive تَتَكٍ‎; تِتِكٍ
tatakin‎; titikin 		التَّتَكِ‎; التِّتِكِ
at-tataki‎; at-titiki 		تَتَكِ‎; تِتِكِ
tataki‎; titiki

References

  • Littmann, Enno (1954) “Türkisches Sprachgut im Ägyptisch-Arabischen”, in Fritz Meier, editor, Westöstliche Abhandlungen : Rudolf Tschudi zum 70. Geburtstag überreicht von Freunden und Schülern‎[1], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →DOI, page 114 Nr. 72
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “تتك”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 100b

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • تتیك (tetik)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tet- (“to strive, exert; bold, hero; clever, reasonable; cheerful, vigorous”), whence also دیدنمك (didin-, “to strive”).[1]

Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (tetik, “quickwitted, intelligent”) and Karakhanid [script needed] (tetin-, “to strive”).

Adjective

تتك • (tetik)

  1. quick, sharp, vigilant
  2. nice, delicate, fine

Noun

تتك • (tetik)

  1. trigger (of a firearm)

Derived terms

  • تتكلك (tetiklik)
  • تتكلنمك (tetiklenmek)
  • (?) تتكی (teteği)

Descendants

  • Turkish: tetik
  • → Arabic: تتك (tatak, titik)

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*det-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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