تکیه

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /takja/

    Noun

    Dari تکیه
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik такя (takya)

    تکیه (takye) (plural تکایا (takâyâ))

    تکیه دولتthe Takyeh Dowlat
    1. leaning, reclining
    2. support, cushion
    3. (religion) takyeh, a building where Shia Muslims gather to mourn Husayn's death in the month of Muharram
    4. (linguistics) stress

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Azerbaijani: təkyə
    • English: takyeh, takyé
    • → Hindustani:
      Hindi: तकिया (takiyā)
      Urdu: تکیہ (takyā)
    • Ottoman Turkish: تكیه (tekye), تكه (tekke)
      • Turkish: tekke
      • Arabic: تَكِيَّة (takiyya)
      • Bulgarian: текия (tekija)
      • English: tekye, tekyeh, tekke
      • Macedonian: текија (tekija)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: тѐкија
        Latin script: tèkija
      • Malayalam: തക്യാവ് (takyāvŭ)
    • → Dravidian:
      Malayalam: തക്യാവ്‌ (takyāv‌)
    • Uzbek: takya

    References

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