تکیه

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See also: تكیه and تكية

Azerbaijani

Noun

تکیه

  1. Arabic spelling of təkyə

Persian

Etymology

Pseudo-Arabism from the Arabic root و ك ء (w-k-ʔ) related to reclination. This root has also spawned متکا (motakâ, bolster pillow) from Arabic مُتَّكَأ (muttakaʔ, a place where one reclines; pad, bolster, cushion) and expresses religious symbolism associated with it through the life-sustaining concept of “leaning upon God”.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? takya
Dari reading? takya
Iranian reading? takye
Tajik reading? takya

Noun

Dari تکیه
Iranian Persian
Tajik такя

تکیه (takye) (plural تکیه‌ها (takye-hâ))

تکیه دولتthe Takyeh Dowlat (lit. ‘State Takyeh (sense 3.2)’)
  1. leaning, reclining
  2. support, cushion
  3. (religion) takya
    Synonym: تکیه‌خانه (takye-xâne)
    1. (original sense, obsolete in Iran) place for Sufi gatherings
      Synonym: خانقاه (xânaqâh)
    2. building where Shia Muslims gather to mourn the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali in the month of Muharram; husayniyya
      Synonym: حسینیه (hoseyniye)
  4. (linguistics) stress

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