ਤੱਕ

Punjabi

Etymology

From Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀢𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*tavakka), *𑀢𑀸𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*tāvakka), from Sanskrit तावत्क (tā́vatka, “bought for so much”). Cognate with Hindi तक (tak) / Urdu تک‎ (tak).

Postposition

ਤੱਕ • (tak) (Shahmukhi spelling تّک‎)

until
for (a period of time)
up to

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tāˊvatka (5805)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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