telek

Hungarian[edit]

The etymology is disputed. It has been derived in at least three ways:

From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric root as the verb telik (“to fill”).^[1]
From tel (“ground, soil”) + -k (noun suffix). For the same suffix, compare lélek (“soul”).^[2]
From Oghur *tilök “separated (area)”, from Proto-Turkic *til (“to cut”), via Old Hungarian telük.^[3] In this case, possibly cognate with Kyrgyz тилке (tilke, “parcel, lot”).

telek (plural telkek)

lot (US), parcel (of land), plot, piece of ground (an area or land used for building on or planting on)

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	telek	telkek
accusative	telket	telkeket
dative	teleknek	telkeknek
instrumental	telekkel	telkekkel
causal-final	telekért	telkekért
translative	telekké	telkekké
terminative	telekig	telkekig
essive-formal	telekként	telkekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	telekben	telkekben
superessive	telken	telkeken
adessive	teleknél	telkeknél
illative	telekbe	telkekbe
sublative	telekre	telkekre
allative	telekhez	telkekhez
elative	telekből	telkekből
delative	telekről	telkekről
ablative	telektől	telkektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	teleké	telkeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	telekéi	telkekéi

tél (“winter”) +‎ -ek (plural suffix)

telek

telik (“to fill, to become full”) +‎ -ek (“I”, personal suffix)

telek

This form occasionally occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
^ telek in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
^ Róna-Tas, András; Berta, Árpád; Károly, László (2011) West Old Turkic: Turkic Loanwords in Hungarian (Turcologica; 84), volume II, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 884