Persian edit

Etymology edit

Attested late; first attestation may be Mullā Tughrā (died 1667). From a suffixed form of Proto-Iranian *ák- (bad), related to Proto-Indo-European *ákas (bad).[1] Compare Avestan 𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬌 (axti, pain, suffering) and Sanskrit अक (aka, pain).

Pronunciation edit

Readings
Dari reading? axm
Iranian reading? axm
Tajik reading? axm

Noun edit

Dari اخم
Iranian Persian
Tajik ахм

اخم (axm)

  1. frown

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Herzenberg, L. G. (2011) “Studies in Persian Etymology I”, in Colloquia Classica et Indogermanica: Studies in Classical Philology and Indo-European Languages, Saint Petersburg: Nauka