IN GREEK
τεκές
tekes
Sufi lodge; colloquially a smoky den
IN TURKISH
tekke
tekke
Sufi lodge
WEAR THE WORD
τεκές in blue ink and tekke in red, on a T shirt, a tote or a mug.
THE RECORD
- LENT BY, BORROWED BY
- Turkish to Greek
- STARTED IN
- Arabic
- CATEGORY
- Places
- HOW THE MEANING DRIFTED
- Greek has an additional colloquial sense of a smoky den.
- NOTES
- Religious term now mainly historical in Greek
COMMENTS
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SOURCES
- Triantafyllidis, Lexiko tis Koinis Neoellinikis, entry τεκές www.greek-language.gr
Etymologies are checked against the dictionaries and studies listed. An entry is stamped settled only when both the Greek and the Turkish side have been checked. Research for this ledger was compiled with AI assistance and reviewed by the editors.
HOW TO CITE THIS ENTRY
Gold, K. (ed.) (2026) ‘τεκές / tekke’, entry 336, Defter ή Tefteri: a ledger of shared Greek and Turkish words. https://defteritefteri.com/en/w/336-tekes/. Accessed [day month year].