تکه
Persian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Likely an Oghuz borrowing or perhaps Chagatai, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *tikö (“piece”). Compare Karakhanid تِكُو (tikǖ, “piece, slice”), Ottoman Turkish تیكه (tike, “piece”), Turkish tike (“piece”), Azerbaijani tikə (“piece”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ti.ˈka/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɪ.kʰǽ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰekʲ.kʰʲé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰi.kʰǽ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | tika |
| Dari reading? | tika |
| Iranian reading? | tekke |
| Tajik reading? | tika |
Noun
تکه • (tekke) (plural تکهها)
Descendants
- → Armenian: թիքա (tʻikʻa)
- → Middle Armenian: թիքէ (tʻikʻē)
- → Egyptian Arabic: تَكَّة (takka, “tad, bit”)
References
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1965) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)[1] (in German), volume 2, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 530