تک

From Middle Persian tk' (tag, “running; attack”). Akin to Old Armenian ասպատակ (aspatak); an Iranian borrowing.

• تگ‎ (tag)

تک • (tak)

1. running; rushing at
2. pace of a horse
3. heat, race
4. any quick motion, stroke, blow

• پاتک‎ (pâtak, “counter-attack”)

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “تك”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Borrowed from Turkish tek (“single”).

Or from Middle Iranian. Compare Middle Persian tʾk (tāg, “item, unit; alone, single”), Persian تاه‎ (tāh, “item, unit; plait, fold, ply”).

تک • (tak)

1. solo, single

تک • (tak)

1. (rare, regional) A small spherical ball of glass used in children's games, marble.

• تیله‎ (tile)

From Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀢𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*tavakka), *𑀢𑀸𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*tāvakka), from Sanskrit तावत्क (tā́vatka, “bought for so much”). Cognate with Hindi तक (tak) / Urdu تک‎ (tak).

تّک • (takk) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੱਕ)

1. until
2. for (a period of time)
3. up to

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tāˊvatka (5805)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press