طاك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *taŋ (dawn; morning); cognate with Azerbaijani dan, Kazakh таң (tañ), Kyrgyz тан (tan), Tatar таң (tañ), Turkmen daň, Tuvan даң (dañ), Uyghur تاڭ (tang), Uzbek tong and Yakut тыҥ (tıñ).

Noun

طاك • (dañ or tañ) (definite accusative طاكی (dañı, tañı), plural طاكلر (dañlar, tañlar))

  1. dawn, daybreak, break of dawn, the first moment of daylight, the morning twilight period immediately before sunrise
    Synonyms: چاك (çâk), سحر (seher), شفق (şafak), فجر (fecr, fecir)
Derived terms
  • طاك آتمق (dañ atmak, to dawn)
  • طاك آغارمق (dañ ağarmak, to dawn)
  • طاك یری (dañ yeri, the place of daybreak)
Descendants
  • Turkish: tan

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

طاك • (dañ or tañ) (definite accusative طاكی (dañı, tañı), plural طاكلر (dañlar, tañlar))

  1. alternative spelling of تاك (tañ, astonishment, amazement)

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