تاک

See also: باک, باگ, and پاک

Central Kurdish

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *deHgʰ-n-, though unclear.

Noun

تاک (tak)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (tʾk /⁠tāk⁠/, “branch”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈtaːk/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑːk]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑːk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔːk]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɒːkʲ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔk]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tāk
Dari reading^?	tāk
Iranian reading^?	tâk
Tajik reading^?	tok

Noun

تاک • (tāk / tâk) (Tajik spelling ток)

grapevine
- c. 1670, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 4851”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎^[1]:
  صد گل به باد رفت و گلابی ندید کس
  صد تاک خشک گشت و شرابی ندید کس
  sad gul ba bād raft u gulābē na-dīd kas
  sad tāk xušk gašt u šarābē na-dīd kas
  A hundred roses blew away in the wind, and nobody has seen any rosewater;
  A hundred grapevines withered away, and nobody has seen any wine.
  (Classical Persian romanization)
vine
Synonyms: میو (mīv), میوانه (mīvāne), رز (raz), مو (mow)
(archaic) branch, twig

Derived terms

تاکزار (tâkzâr, “vineyard”)
تاکستان (tâkestân, “vineyard”)