tekke

• tekye, tekyeh (via Ottoman Turkish تكیه (tekye))

From Ottoman Turkish تكه (tekke), from Classical Persian تکیه (takya). Doublet of takya, takiyya, and takyeh.

tekke (plural tekkes)

1. In Turkey, a dervish or Sufi lodge or place of worship; alternative form of takya.

tekke

1. genitive singular of teke

• IPA^(key): /²tɛk.kə/

Related to tekkes.

tekke n (definite singular tekket, indefinite plural tekker, definite plural tekka or tekkene)

1. ability to ingratiate oneself with someone; likability

From Old Norse þekja.

tekke (present tense tekker, past tense tekte or tekket, supine tekt or tekket)

1. (transitive) to thatch

• tak (“ceiling, roof”)

tekke n (definite singular tekket, indefinite plural tekker, definite plural tekka or tekkene)

1. layer of roofing material
2. (rare) cover

tekke f or m (definite singular tekka or tekken, indefinite plural tekker, definite plural tekkene)

1. roof of a house

   Synonym: hustak

• “tekke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “tekke” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• IPA^(key): /²tɛk.kə/

Related to tekkjast (“ingratiate”).

tekke n (definite singular tekket, indefinite plural tekke, definite plural tekka)

1. ability to ingratiate, likability
2. ingratiation

tekke n (definite singular tekket, indefinite plural tekke, definite plural tekka)

1. layer of roofing material
2. cover, something which is used to cover something else

   Synonym: dekke

tekke (present tense tekker, past tense tekte, past participle tekt, passive infinitive tekkast, present participle tekkande, imperative tekk)

1. alternative form of tekkja

• “tekke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تكیه (tekye), from Classical Persian تکیه (takya).

• IPA^(key): /tecˈce/
• Hyphenation: tek‧ke

tekke (definite accusative tekkeyi, plural tekkeler)

1. (history, Sufism) takya

   Synonym: dergâh

2. poorhouse
3. (colloquial) a covered place to smoke cannabis
4. (colloquial) prison

   Synonyms: cezaevi, hapishane

• “tekke”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tekke”, in Nişanyan Sözlük