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