خوراک
Pashto edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Persian خوَراک (xwarāk).
Noun edit
خوراک • (xwarā́k, xorā́k) m
Persian edit
Etymology edit
خور + ـاک. From Middle Persian xwār meaning food, Akin to Old Armenian խորակ (xorak), an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation edit
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- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [xʷa.ɾɑːk]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xo.ɹɒːkʲ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χu.ɾɔk]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | xwarāk |
Dari reading? | xōrāk, xurāk |
Iranian reading? | xorâk |
Tajik reading? | xurok |
Noun edit
خوراک • (xorâk)
- (Dari or archaic) food, victuals, provisions
- daily bread, eatables
Derived terms edit
- خوراکی (xorâki, “food, meal, nourishment”)
References edit
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “xwār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 95
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خوراك”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian خوراک (xwarāk).
Noun edit
خُراک • (xurāk) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਖ਼ੁਰਾਕ)
Saraiki edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Persian خوراک (xwārāk).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
خُوراک (xūrāk) f
Sindhi edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Persian خوراک (xwarāk).
Noun edit
خوراک • (xorākh)
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian خوراک. First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi خوراک (xorāk)
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xʊ.ɾɑːk/
- Rhymes: -ɑːk
Noun edit
خوراک • (xorāk) f (Hindi spelling ख़ुराक)
- victuals, meal, food (for humans, animals, or plants etc.)
- one's appetite or diet
- (medicine) dose
- expenses (of an employee etc.)
Declension edit
Declension of خوراک | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | خوراک (xorāk) | خوراکیں (xorākẽ) |
oblique | خوراک (xorāk) | خوراکوں (xorākõ) |
vocative | خوراک (xorāk) | خوراکو (xorāko) |
Further reading edit
- “خوراک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “خوراک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خوراک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “خوراک”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “خوراک”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “خوراک”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC