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Bulgarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *tokъ.
Noun
ток • (tok) m (relational adjective то́ков)
- current, flow
- (uncountable, electricity) electric current
Declension
Derived terms
- то́ча (tóča, “to drain, to make flow”)
- за́ток (zátok, “inlet”) (dialectal)
- и́зток (íztok, “east”)
- ото́к (otók, “swelling, oedema; reflux, isle”)
- отто́к (ottók, “outflow, drainage”)
- при́ток (prítok, “influx, tributary”)
- про́ток (prótok, “strait, channel”)
- пото́к (potók, “stream, brook”)
- разто́к (raztók, “river fork”) (dialectal)
- сток (stok, “confluence”) (dialectal)
Descendants
References
- “ток¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “ток”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French toque.
Noun
ток • (tok) m
- heel (of a shoe), heel-tap
Declension
References
- “ток²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Kazakh
Etymology
From Russian ток (tok).
Noun
ток • (tok)
- electric current
Declension
Kyrgyz
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *tōk. Cognate to Southern Altai ток (tok, “satisfied”), etc.
Adjective
ток • (tok)
- satisfied
References
- Sevortjan, E. V. (1980) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Nauka, pages 252, 253
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tokъ.
Noun
ток • (tok) m
- stream, flux
- Synonym: тек (tek)
Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tokъ.
Noun
ток • (tok) m inan (genitive то́ка, nominative plural то́ки, genitive plural то́ков)
- (water, electricity) current
- Synonyms: пото́к (potók), тече́ние (tečénije)
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
ток • (tok) m inan (genitive то́ка, nominative plural тока́, genitive plural токо́в)
- (agriculture) threshing floor
Declension
Etymology 3
Noun
ток • (tok) m inan (genitive то́ка, nominative plural тока́, genitive plural токо́в)
- mating place (of birds); lek
Declension
Etymology 4
Borrowed from French toque.
Noun
ток • (tok) m inan (genitive то́ка, nominative plural то́ки, genitive plural то́ков)
- toque
Declension
Etymology 5
Fast pronunciation spelling.
Adverb
ток • (tok)
- (Internet slang) Alternative form of то́лько (tólʹko); only
Anagrams
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tokъ. Cognate to e-grade те̏ћи.
Pronunciation
Noun
то̑к m (Latin spelling tȏk)
- flow
- stream, current
- flux
- св(ј)етлосни ток — luminous flux
- енергијски ток — energy flux
- (Croatia) movement in space (as opposed to time, compare tijȇk)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ток”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish طوقه (compare Turkish toka).
Pronunciation
Noun
то̑к m (Latin spelling tȏk)
- sheath, scabbard
Declension
Further reading
- “ток”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Southern Altai
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *tōk. Cognate to Kyrgyz ток (tok), etc.
Adjective
ток • (tok)
- satisfied
References
- N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “ток”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
- Sevortjan, E. V. (1980) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Nauka, pages 252, 253