Get to know Tekke better with 4 real example sentences, the meaning.
Tekke meaning
In Turkey, a dervish or Sufi lodge or place of worship; alternative form of takya.
Using Tekke
- The main meaning on this page is: In Turkey, a dervish or Sufi lodge or place of worship; alternative form of takya.
- In the example corpus, tekke often appears in combinations such as: the tekke, tekke turkomans.
Context around Tekke
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tekke
- In this selection, "tekke" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sultan, turkomans and bronze stand out and add context to how "tekke" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1830s the tekke turkomans then and all the tekke s dervish. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tekke" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tekke
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
During the 1830s, the Tekke Turkomans, then living on the Tejen River, were forced by the Persians to migrate northward. (20 words)
The Hala Sultan Tekke Bronze Age city in Larnaca must have been much larger and more dispersed than once thought, a pilot study has shown. (25 words)
On 13 December 1925, a law was passed closing all the tekke s (dervish lodges) and zāwiyas (chief dervish lodges), and the centres of veneration to which visits (ziyārat) were made. (31 words)
The same hatred is extended to the Tekke Turkomans, whom the Goklans and Yamuds, moreover, look upon as their inferiors, being, according to their genealogies, the descendants of a slave-woman, whilst they are the posterity of a free-woman. (40 words)
On 13 December 1925, a law was passed closing all the tekke s (dervish lodges) and zāwiyas (chief dervish lodges), and the centres of veneration to which visits (ziyārat) were made. (31 words)
The Hala Sultan Tekke Bronze Age city in Larnaca must have been much larger and more dispersed than once thought, a pilot study has shown. (25 words)
Example sentences (4)
The Hala Sultan Tekke Bronze Age city in Larnaca must have been much larger and more dispersed than once thought, a pilot study has shown.
During the 1830s, the Tekke Turkomans, then living on the Tejen River, were forced by the Persians to migrate northward.
On 13 December 1925, a law was passed closing all the tekke s (dervish lodges) and zāwiyas (chief dervish lodges), and the centres of veneration to which visits (ziyārat) were made.
The same hatred is extended to the Tekke Turkomans, whom the Goklans and Yamuds, moreover, look upon as their inferiors, being, according to their genealogies, the descendants of a slave-woman, whilst they are the posterity of a free-woman.
Common combinations with tekke
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: