tek tük

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Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تك توك (tek tük, here and there, now and then),[1][2] equivalent to tek (one, only, single) +‎ tük. Cognates with Azerbaijani tək-tük, Turkmen täk-tük.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtec.tyc/
  • Hyphenation: tek‧tük

Adjective

tek tük

  1. sporadic, sparse, thin
    Synonyms: seyrek, az, aralıklı

Declension

Adverb

tek tük

  1. sporadically, sparsely

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تك توك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 580
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تك توك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 392

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