تنک
Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (tnwk' /tanuk/, “thin, shallow”), from Proto-Iranian *tanúkakah, from Proto-Indo-European *tn̥h₂ukos ~ ténh₂ukos (“thin”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ta.nuk], [tu.nuk]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰʊ.nʊk]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰʊ.nʊk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰu.nuk]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰo.nokʲ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰu.nuk]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | tanuk, tunuk |
| Dari reading? | tunuk |
| Iranian reading? | tonok |
| Tajik reading? | tunuk |
Derived terms
- تنکه (toneke, “underwear”)
- تنکبیز (tanuk-bēz), also تنگبیز (tang-bēz, “sieve”)
- تنکظرف (tanuk-zarf, “dimwit; tattler”)
Related terms
- تنگ (tang, “narrow”)
References
- Cantera, Alberto (2009) “On the History of Middle Persian Nominal Inflection”, in Exegisti Monumenta. Festschrift in Honour of Nicholas Sims-Williams, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 19
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “تنک”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 329b
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