تنک

See also: بنك, تنك, بنگ, and تنگ

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (tnwk' /⁠tanuk⁠/, thin, shallow), from Proto-Iranian *tanúkakah, from Proto-Indo-European *tn̥h₂ukos ~ ténh₂ukos (thin).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰʊ.nʊk]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰʊ.nʊk]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰu.nuk]

Readings
Classical reading? tanuk, tunuk
Dari reading? tunuk
Iranian reading? tonok
Tajik reading? tunuk

Adjective

تنک • (tonok)

  1. thin

Derived terms

  • تنکه (toneke, underwear)
  • تنک‌بیز (tanuk-bēz), also تنگ‌بیز (tang-bēz, sieve)
  • تنک‌ظرف (tanuk-zarf, dimwit; tattler)

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
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