تکه

تکه

See also: تكة‎

Persian

Alternative forms

• تکّه (tekke) (with a shadda)
• (Tehrani) تیکه‎ (tike)

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

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [tekˈke]

Noun

تکه • (tekke) (plural تکه‌ها‎ (tekke-hâ))

1. piece
2. morsel

Descendants

• → Armenian: թիքա (tʿikʿa)
• → Middle Armenian: թիքէ (tʿikʿē)
• → 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)‎ (in German), volume 2, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 530