تکیه

See also: تكیه and تكية

Azerbaijani

Noun

تکیه

1. Arabic spelling of təkyə

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tak.ˈja]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäk.jǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäk.jǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäk.jǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäk.jǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰækʲ.jé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäk.jǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	takya
Dari reading?	takya
Iranian reading?	takye
Tajik reading?	takya

Noun

Dari	تکیه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	такя

تکیه • (takye) (plural تکیه‌ها (takye-hâ))

تکیه دولت ― the Takyeh Dowlat (lit. ‘State Takyeh (sense 3.2)’)

1. leaning, reclining
2. support, cushion
3. (religion) takya

   Synonym: تکیه‌خانه (takye-xâne)

   1. (original sense, obsolete in Iran) place for Sufi gatherings

      Synonym: خانقاه (xânaqâh)

   3. building where Shia Muslims gather to mourn the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali in the month of Muharram; husayniyya

      Synonym: حسینیه (hoseyniye)

4. (linguistics) stress

Derived terms

• تَکیه‌نِشین (takye-nešin)
• تکیه‌خانه (takye-xâne)
• تکیه‌دار (takye-dâr)
• تکیه‌کلام (takye-kalâm)
• تکیه‌گاه (takye-gâh)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: təkyə
• → Bengali: তাকিয়া (takiẏa)
• → Chagatai: تَكیه
  • Uyghur: تەكيە (tekye)
  • Uzbek: takya
• → Dravidian:

  Malayalam: തക്യാവ് (takyāvŭ)

• → English: takya, takyeh, takyé
• → Gujarati: તકિયો (takiyo)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: तकिया (takiyā)

  Urdu: تَکْیَہ (takya)

• → Nepali: तकिया (takiyā)
• → Ottoman Turkish: تَكیه (tekye) (see there for further descendants)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਤਕੀਆ (takīā)

  Shahmukhi script: تَکْیَہ (takyah)

• → Sindhi: تَڪْيو (takyo)

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تکیه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “تکیه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul