تک

See also: تك, يك, یک, یگ, بك, بک, and پك

Persian

Alternative forms

  • تگ (tag)

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? tak
Dari reading? tak
Iranian reading? tak
Tajik reading? tak

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian tk' (tag, “running; attack”), from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ-. Related to تاختن (tâxtan, “to attack”), and also related to Old Armenian ասպատակ (aspatak); which is an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

تک • (tak)

  1. attack; raid
  2. onslaught
  3. pace of a horse
  4. heat, race
  5. any quick motion, stroke, blow
Derived terms
  • تکیدن (takidan, “to attack, to raid, to run”)
  • تک‌و‌تاز (tak-o-tâz, “an onslaught, a raid”)
  • پاتک (pâtak, “counter-attack”)
  • تکاپو (takâpu, “struggle, effort”)
  • تک آوردن (tak âvardan, “to run at, to rush at, to raid”)
  • تکاور (takâvar, “raider, invader”)
  • نرم‌تک (narm-tak, “a slow horse, a calm horse”)

References

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish تك (tek, “single”), from Proto-Turkic *tēk.

Or from Middle Iranian. Compare Middle Persian tʾk (tāg, “item, unit; alone, single”), Persian تاه (tâh, “item, unit; plait, fold, ply”).

Adjective

تک • (tak)

  1. solo, single
  2. unique (of a feature)
  3. (card games) ace

Noun

تک • (tak)

  1. (rare, regional) A small spherical ball of glass used in children's games, marble.
Synonyms

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀢𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*tavakka), *𑀢𑀸𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*tāvakka)), from Sanskrit तावत्क (tā́vatka, “bought for so much”). Cognate with Hindi तक (tak) / Urdu تک (tak).

Postposition

تَکّ • (takk) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੱਕ)

  1. until
  2. for (a period of time)
  3. up to

References

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