تک
See also: تك, يك, یک, یگ, بك, بک, and پك
Persian
Alternative forms
- تگ (tag)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /tak/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /tak/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /tæk/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /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.
Noun
تک • (tak)
- attack; raid
- onslaught
- pace of a horse
- heat, race
- any quick motion, stroke, blow
Derived terms
- تکیدن (takidan, “to attack, to raid, to run”)
- تکوتاز (tak-o-tāz, “an onslaught, a raid”)
- پاتک (pâtak, “counter-attack”)
- تکاپو (takâpu, “struggle, effort”)
- تک آوردن (tak âvardan, “to run at, to rush at, to raid”)
- تکاور (takâvar, “raider, invader”)
- نرمتک (narm-tak, “a slow horse, a calm horse”)
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 (tāh, “item, unit; plait, fold, ply”).
Adjective
تک • (tak)
- solo, single
- unique (of a feature)
Noun
تک • (tak)
- (rare, regional) A small spherical ball of glass used in children's games, marble.
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).
Postposition
تَکّ • (takk) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੱਕ)
- until
- for (a period of time)
- up to
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tāˊvatka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press