takya

English

Alternative forms

• (via Iranian Persian) takyeh, (via Ottoman Turkish) tekye/tekyeh, (via Turkish) tekke, (via Arabic) takiyya
• (archaic forms) takyah, takia, takiya, takiyah, takieh, takié, takiye, takiyeh, tekieh, tekiye, tekiyeh

Etymology

From Classical Persian تَکْیَه (takya).

Noun

takya (plural takyas)

1. (history, Sufism)
   1. A gathering place for Sufis, especially in the Ottoman Empire and South Asia.
      • 1999, M. Naeem Qureshi, Pan-Islam in British Indian Politics, page 16:

        The presence of the Hindiler Tekkesi or the Indian takya in Istanbul since the time of Tipu's mission is another indication but it was not until the 1840s that the position of the Indian Muslims with regard to the Ottoman caliphate was fully crystallized.

      • 2001, The Book Review‎^[1], page 8:

        The younger shaykh, Baba Musafir, turned to the task of establishing a takya or khanqah at Awrangabad

   2. The cemetery or graveyard of Sufis, especially in South Asia.
      • 1994, A. D. Khan, Diplomatics of the Soyurghal Farman of the Great Mughals‎^[2], page 6:

        takyas (graveyards)

      • 2017, Ja'far Sharif, William Crooke, Islam in India‎^[3]:

        Takya, a pillow, a resting-place of Faqīrs

2. (Shia Islam, Iran) Synonym of husayniyya
   • 2004, Robert Gleave, Religion and Society in Qajar Iran, page 388:

     The takya was often endowed with several stores, the profits from which would help to defray the cost of maintaining the takya.

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: تَكِيَّة f (takiyya)
• Azerbaijani: təkyə (az)
• Ottoman Turkish: تَكیه (tekye)
• Persian: تکیه (fa) (takye), تکیه‌خانه (takye-xâne)
• Tajik: такя (takya)
• Turkish: tekke (tr)
• Urdu: تَکْیَہ m (takya)
• Uyghur: تەكيە (tekye)
• Uzbek: takya (uz), takyaxona (uz)

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَکْیَه (takya).

Noun

Other scripts
Cyrillic	такя (takya)‍
Latin	‍
Perso-Arabic

takya (plural takyalar)

1. support
2. takya

   Synonym: takyaxona

Declension

Declension of takya

	singular	plural
nominative	takya	takyalar
genitive	takyaning	takyalarning
dative	takyaga	takyalarga
definite accusative	takyani	takyalarni
locative	takyada	takyalarda
ablative	takyadan	takyalardan

Possessive forms of takya

my	singular	plural
nominative	takyam	takyalarim
genitive	takyamning	takyalarimning
dative	takyamga	takyalarimga
definite accusative	takyamni	takyalarimni
locative	takyamda	takyalarimda
ablative	takyamdan	takyalarimdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	takyang	takyalaring
genitive	takyangning	takyalaringning
dative	takyangga	takyalaringga
definite accusative	takyangni	takyalaringni
locative	takyangda	takyalaringda
ablative	takyangdan	takyalaringdan
her/his/its	singular	plural
nominative	takyasi	takyalari
genitive	takyasining	takyalarining
dative	takyasiga	takyalariga
definite accusative	takyasini	takyalarini
locative	takyasida	takyalarida
ablative	takyasidan	takyalaridan
our	singular	plural
nominative	takyamiz	takyalarimiz
genitive	takyamizning	takyalarimizning
dative	takyamizga	takyalarimizga
definite accusative	takyamizni	takyalarimizni
locative	takyamizda	takyalarimizda
ablative	takyamizdan	takyalarimizdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	takyangiz	takyalaringiz
genitive	takyangizning	takyalaringizning
dative	takyangizga	takyalaringizga
definite accusative	takyangizni	takyalaringizni
locative	takyangizda	takyalaringizda
ablative	takyangizdan	takyalaringizdan
their	singular	plural
nominative	takyasi	takyalari
genitive	takyasining	takyalarining
dative	takyasiga	takyalariga
definite accusative	takyasini	takyalarini
locative	takyasida	takyalarida
ablative	takyasidan	takyalaridan

Related terms

• takyagoh
• takyaxona