تاک

See also: باک, باگ, and پاک

Central Kurdish

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *deHgʰ-n-, though unclear.

Noun

تاک (tak)

1. individual
2. person

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (tʾk /⁠tāk⁠/, “branch”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈtaːk/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑːk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑːk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑːk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔːk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɒːkʰʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔk]

Readings
Classical reading?	tāk
Dari reading?	tāk
Iranian reading?	tâk
Tajik reading?	tok

Noun

تاک • (tāk / tâk) (Tajik spelling ток)

1. grapevine
   • c. 1670, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 4851”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎^[1]:

     صد گل به باد رفت و گلابی ندید کس
     صد تاک خشک گشت و شرابی ندید کس

     sad gul ba bād raft u gulābē na-dīd kas
     sad tāk xušk gašt u šarābē na-dīd kas

     A hundred roses blew away in the wind, and nobody has seen any rosewater;
     A hundred grapevines withered away, and nobody has seen any wine.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

2. vine

   Synonyms: میو (mīv), میوانه (mīvāne), رز (raz), مو (mow)

3. (archaic) branch, twig

Derived terms

• تاکزار (tâkzâr, “vineyard”)
• تاکستان (tâkestân, “vineyard”)

Descendants

• → Chagatai: تاک (tāk /⁠tāk⁠/)
  • Uyghur: تەك (tek)
  • Uzbek: tok