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Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian (tnwk' /tanuk/, “thin, shallow”), from Proto-Iranian *tanúkakah, from Proto-Indo-European *tn̥h₂ukos ~ ténh₂ukos (“thin”).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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tanuk, tunuk
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| Dari reading?
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tunuk
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| Iranian reading?
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tonok
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| Tajik reading?
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tunuk
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Adjective
تنک • (tonok)
- thin
Derived terms
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