teneke

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تنكه, from Persian تنگه, from Persian تنک (tonok, “تنک”, literally “thin”), from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”).

Adjective

teneke

1. made of tinplate

Noun

teneke (definite accusative tenekeyi, plural tenekelar)

1. tin, tinplate
2. canister

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	teneke
Definite accusative	tenekeyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	teneke	tenekeler
Definite accusative	tenekeyi	tenekeleri
Dative	tenekeye	tenekelere
Locative	tenekede	tenekelerde
Ablative	tenekeden	tenekelerden
Genitive	tenekenin	tenekelerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular tenekem tenekelerim 2nd singular teneken tenekelerin 3rd singular tenekesi tenekeleri 1st plural tenekemiz tenekelerimiz 2nd plural tenekeniz tenekeleriniz 3rd plural tenekeleri tenekeleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular tenekemi tenekelerimi 2nd singular tenekeni tenekelerini 3rd singular tenekesini tenekelerini 1st plural tenekemizi tenekelerimizi 2nd plural tenekenizi tenekelerinizi 3rd plural tenekelerini tenekelerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular tenekeme tenekelerime 2nd singular tenekene tenekelerine 3rd singular tenekesine tenekelerine 1st plural tenekemize tenekelerimize 2nd plural tenekenize tenekelerinize 3rd plural tenekelerine tenekelerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular tenekemde tenekelerimde 2nd singular tenekende tenekelerinde 3rd singular tenekesinde tenekelerinde 1st plural tenekemizde tenekelerimizde 2nd plural tenekenizde tenekelerinizde 3rd plural tenekelerinde tenekelerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular tenekemden tenekelerimden 2nd singular tenekenden tenekelerinden 3rd singular tenekesinden tenekelerinden 1st plural tenekemizden tenekelerimizden 2nd plural tenekenizden tenekelerinizden 3rd plural tenekelerinden tenekelerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular tenekemin tenekelerimin 2nd singular tenekenin tenekelerinin 3rd singular tenekesinin tenekelerinin 1st plural tenekemizin tenekelerimizin 2nd plural tenekenizin tenekelerinizin 3rd plural tenekelerinin tenekelerinin

Further reading

• “teneke”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “teneke”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تنكه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 602