टक

See also: टूक and टेक

Marathi

Etymology

Compare Old Marathi 𑘘𑘎𑘜𑘹 (ṭakaṇe, “to be transfixed, stunned”), Maharastri Prakrit 𑀢𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀇 (takkei), Sanskrit तर्कयति (tarkáyati), Gujarati તાકવું (tākvũ), Hindustani تَاکْنَا (tāknā) / ताकना (tāknā), ٹَک (ṭak) / टक (ṭak), Sindhi تَڪَڻُ / तकणु, Punjabi ਤੱਕਣਾ (takkaṇā) / تَکّنا (takknā), Nepali ताक्नु (tāknu), ताकब (tākab) / 𑒞𑒰𑒏𑒥 (tākaba), Odia ତାକିବା (takiba), Bengali তাকান (takan), Sinhalese තකනවා (takanawā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʈək/

Noun

टक • (ṭak) m

1. unblinking gaze

Derived terms

• टक लावणे (ṭak lāvṇe, “to stare”)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “टक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “टक”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “टक”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tarkáyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press