زاق

Persian

Etymology

Related to Old Armenian ձագ (jag).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zɑːq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑːq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑːq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɑːq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zɔːq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zɒːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zɔq]

Readings
Classical reading?	zāq
Dari reading?	zāq
Iranian reading?	zâğ
Tajik reading?	zoq

Noun

زاق • (zâq)

1. the young of anything

Descendants

• Georgian: ზაქი (zaki)
  • → Bats: ზაქ (zak)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “زاق”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul