تکان

Persian

Etymology

See تکاندن (takândan)

Verb

تکان • (takân or tekân)

1. present stem form of تکاندن (takândan)

Derived terms

• تکان دادن (takân-dâdan, “to shake”)
• تکان خوردن (takân-xordan, “to jerk”)
• رَوان‌تَکان (ravân-takân, “traumatic”)

Noun

تکان • (takân or tekân)

1. jerk, a sudden, quick movement

   Synonyms: جُنبش (jonbeš), جَهش (jaheš)

2. shake

   Synonyms: لَرزش (larzeš), رَعشه (ra'še)

3. move

   Synonym: حَرِکَت (harekat)

4. shock or impulse

   Synonym: ضَربه (zarbe)

5. (figurative) an emotional shock

   Synonym: شوک (šok)

Derived terms

• تکانه (takâne, “momentum”) (physics)
• تکان‌دهنده (takân-dahande, “shocking, appalling”)
• خانه‌تکانی (xâne-takâni)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “تکان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press