سوخ

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian, whence also Old Armenian սոխ (sox). Further derivation uncertain, but probably ultimately Turkic, from Proto-Turkic *sogan, cognate to Southern Altai согоно (sogono), Tuvan согуна (soguna), Khakas соған (soğan), Bashkir һуған, Chuvash сухан (suh̬an), Azerbaijani soğan (“onion”), Turkish soğan, Old Turkic 𐰣𐰍𐰽 (soɣun), etc., all meaning “onion”; also borrowed into Mongolian as сонгино (songino). Compare that on the other hand the most widespread Turkic word for garlic, *sarïmsak, is borrowed from Iranian.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /soːx/
• (Iran) IPA^(key): /suːx/

Noun

سوخ • (sôx) (plural سوخ‌ها (sôx-hâ))

1. (archaic) onion
   • 10th century, Kisai Marvazi:

     می‌ نَیابم نان خشک و سوخ شَب / تو همه حَلوا کنی در شب طَلَب

     mê-nayâbam nân-i xušk u sôx-i šab / tu hama halvâ kunî dar šab talab

     I cannot find even stale bread and onion to have for the dinner, / while you crave just confectionary at night!

2. bulb (bulb-shaped root)

Synonyms

• پیاز (piyâz)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “سوخ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 706b
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “سوخ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սոխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 239ab
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 238