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تکه

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See also: تكة and تكه

Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Readings
Classical reading? tika
Dari reading? tika
Iranian reading? tekke
Tajik reading? tika

Noun

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

  1. piece
  2. morsel

Descendants

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  • Armenian: թիքա (tʻikʻa)
  • Middle Armenian: թիքէ (tʻikʻē)
  • Egyptian Arabic: تَكَّة (takka, tad, bit)

References

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  • 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