Definition of tenik

thin, shallow, fine, light, transparent, lank, slight, tenuous

Kurdish root word

-tæn

Other forms

Sorani tnk, Kirmanckî/Zaza tenek

Example Sentences

The bread is thin: Nan tenik e.

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

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