تكة

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See also: تکه, and تكه

Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Aramaic תיכתא. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

تِكَّة (tikkaf (plural تِكَك (tikak))

  1. waistband, the strap at the upper part of trousers to secure their attachment
    • 977, أبو القاسم بن حوقل, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, كتاب مسالك والممالك  (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 2)‎, Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1873, page 246 line 13:
    • a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم  (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎, Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, web 1/139, pages 380 line 8–10:
      ولا نظير لتككهم ومحفوريَّاتهم وقرمزهم وأنماطهم وصبغهم وفاكهة تسمَّى الزُّوقال وقسبويه وسمك يقال له الطِرِّيخ ولهم تين وشاه بلُّوط في غاية الجودة.
      There is nothing resembling their waistbands, their streaked rugs, their crimson, their druggets, their dyes, and the fruit called cornel, and their dentexes, and their fish called pearl mullet. And they have figs and chestnuts of finest quality.
    • a. 1782, الكيذاوي, شغف القلب اشتياقا ونهك …:
      لَيْتَهُ جَادَ بِأَدْنَى قُبْلَةٍ
      مِنْهُ إِذْ ظَنَّ بِمَا تَحْتُ ٱلتِّكَكِ
      laytahū jāda biʔadnā qublatin
      minhū ʔiḏ ẓanna bimā taḥtu t-tikaki
      If only he were more generous with nearer a kiss
      compared to that when he judged with what was under his belt!
    • 1937 December 20, محمد عبد الله عنان, “مصرع شجرة الدر”, in مجلة الرسالة:
      وألقوها من سور القلعة إلى الخندق وليس عليها سوى سراويل وقميص، فبقيت في الخندق أياماً، وأخذ بعض أراذل العامة تكة سراويلها، ثم دفنت بعد أيام - وقد نتنت وحملت في قفة - بتربتها قرب المشهد النفيسي؛ وكانت من قوة نفسها، لما علمت أنها قد أحيط بها، أتلفت شيئاً كثيراً من الجواهر واللآلئ كسرته في الهاون)
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Declension
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Instance noun from تَكَّ (takka).

Noun

تَكَّة (takkaf (plural تَكَّات (takkāt))

  1. instance noun of تَكّ (takk, ticking)
Declension

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