توک

Persian

Etymology

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Noun

توک • (tôk)

1. eye

   Synonym: چشم (čašm)

2. handle or handful, grip

   Synonyms: دسته (daste), ید (yad)

3. lock of hair

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “توك”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Vullers, Johann August (1855) “توک”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 482a