تکه

See also: تكة‎

Persian

Alternative forms
  • تکّه (tekke) — with a tashdid.
  • (Tehrani) تیکه‎ (tike)

Etymology

A Turkic borrowing, compare Yakut тигии (tigii, “sewn-on patch”), Yakut тик (tik, “to sew”).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. piece

Descendants
  • → Armenian: թիքա (tʿikʿa)
  • → Middle Armenian: թիքէ (tʿikʿē)
  • → Azerbaijani: tikə
  • → Ottoman Turkish: تیكه‎ (tike, “bit, piece; patch”)

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) (in German), volume 2, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 530
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