تنک

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See also: بنك, تنك, بنگ, and تنگ

Persian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (tnwk' /⁠tanuk⁠/, thin, shallow), from Proto-Iranian *tanúkakah, from Proto-Indo-European *tn̥h₂ukos ~ ténh₂ukos (thin).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? tanuk, tunuk
Dari reading? tunuk
Iranian reading? tonok
Tajik reading? tunuk

Adjective

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تنک (tonok)

  1. thin

Derived terms

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References

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  • Cantera, Alberto (2009) “On the History of Middle Persian Nominal Inflection”, in Exegisti Monumenta. Festschrift in Honour of Nicholas Sims-Williams, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 19
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “تنک”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 329b