Where does “طاك” come from?

طاك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Proto-Turkic *taŋ — dawn.

طاك (Ottoman Turkish): dawn, daybreak, break of dawn, the first moment of daylight, the morning twilight period immediately before sunrise

Definitions

  1. dawn, daybreak, break of dawn, the first moment of daylight, the morning twilight period immediately before sunrise

Ancestry of “طاك”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*taŋdawn
Every word from Proto-Turkic *taŋ