تکه

See also: تكة and تكه

Persian

Alternative forms

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

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

• (Iran) IPA^(key): [tekˈke]

Noun

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

1. piece
2. morsel

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