tenik
ku
Definition of tenik
thin, shallow, fine, light, transparent, lank, slight, tenuous
Kurdish root word
-tæn
Other forms
Sorani tnk, Kirmanckî/Zaza tenek
Etymology
from PIE *tnu-, *ten- stretched, stretched out, thin, stretch,
Sanskrit tanuka,
Latin tenuis "thin, slender",
Latvian tievs,
Proto-Germanic *thunni,
West Frisian ten,
Middle Low German dunne,
Middle Dutch dunne,
Dutch dun,
Old High German dunni,
German dünn,
Old Norse þunnr,
Swedish tunn,
Danish tynd,
Old English þynne,
Middle English thin, thinne,
Persian tang/tanuk,
Polish cienki,
Russian тонкий (tonkij)
Tajik tunuk.
Updated on October 4, 2025