tek tük

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
  • tek başına
  • tek tabanca
  • tek yön
  • tek yürek
  • teker teker

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

Further reading

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