آکج

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ang- (“curve, bend”). Cognate with Sogdian [script needed] (ʾʾkʾyšʾk /⁠ākēšāk⁠/, “hook, pulling instrument”), Sanskrit अङ्कुश (aṅkuśa, “hook”).

Compare Armenian ակիշ (akiš), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ˈkid͡ʒ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.kʰɪ́d͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.kʰɪ́d͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.kʰɪ́d͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.kʰíd͡ʒ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.kʰʲéd͡ʒ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.kʰíd͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading?	ākij
Dari reading?	ākij
Iranian reading?	âkej
Tajik reading?	okij

Noun

آکج • (âkej)

1. hook