teke

Meaning

he-goat

Synonyms

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Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish تكه, from Proto-Turkic *teke (“billy goat”). Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (teke, “billy goat”); Kazakh теке (teke), Tatar тәкә (täkä), Kyrgyz теке (teke), Southern Altai теке (teke), Uzbek taka, Uyghur تېكە (tëke), Bashkir тәкә (təkə), Tuvan те (te, “billy goat”).

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