تنکه

Persian

Etymology

From (tonok, “thin, flimsy”) +‎ (-e).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tu.nu.ˈka/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊ.nʊ.kʰǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊ.nʊ.kʰǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰu.nu.kʰǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰo.no.kʰʲé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰu.nu.kʰǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tunuka
Dari reading^?	tunuka
Iranian reading^?	tonoke
Tajik reading^?	tunuka

Noun

تنکه • (tonoke)

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: تنكه (teneke)
- Turkish: teneke
- → Romanian: tinichea
- → South Levantine Arabic: تنكة (tanake)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تنکه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim