تتك

Arabic

Etymology

Mostly via Egyptian Arabic and Sudanese Arabic from Ottoman Turkish تتك (tetik).

Noun

تَتَك or تِتِك • (tatak or titik) m

1. trigger (of a firearm)

Declension

Declension of noun تَتَك (tatak)‎; تِتِك (titik)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَتَك‎; تِتِك tatak‎; titik	التَّتَك‎; التِّتِك at-tatak‎; at-titik	تَتَك‎; تِتِك tatak‎; titik
Nominative	تَتَكٌ‎; تِتِكٌ tatakun‎; titikun	التَّتَكُ‎; التِّتِكُ at-tataku‎; at-titiku	تَتَكُ‎; تِتِكُ tataku‎; titiku
Accusative	تَتَكًا‎; تِتِكًا tatakan‎; titikan	التَّتَكَ‎; التِّتِكَ at-tataka‎; at-titika	تَتَكَ‎; تِتِكَ tataka‎; titika
Genitive	تَتَكٍ‎; تِتِكٍ tatakin‎; titikin	التَّتَكِ‎; التِّتِكِ at-tataki‎; at-titiki	تَتَكِ‎; تِتِكِ tataki‎; titiki

References

• Littmann, Enno (1954) “Türkisches Sprachgut im Ägyptisch-Arabischen”, in Fritz Meier, editor, Westöstliche Abhandlungen : Rudolf Tschudi zum 70. Geburtstag überreicht von Freunden und Schülern‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 114 Nr. 72
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “تتك”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 100b

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• تتیك (tetik)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tet- (“to strive, exert; bold, hero; clever, reasonable; cheerful, vigorous”), whence also دیدنمك (didin-, “to strive”).

Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (tetik, “quickwitted, intelligent”) and Karakhanid [script needed] (tetin-, “to strive”).

Adjective

تتك • (tetik)

1. quick, sharp, vigilant
2. nice, delicate, fine

Noun

تتك • (tetik)

1. trigger (of a firearm)

Derived terms

• تتكلك (tetiklik)
• تتكلنمك (tetiklenmek)

Related terms

• (?) تتكی (teteği)

Descendants

• Turkish: tetik
• → Arabic: تتك (tatak, titik)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تتیك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 343
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تتك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 493