خایه

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠xāyak⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *Hāwyám (compare Northern Kurdish hêk, Ossetian айк (ajk), Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬨 (aēm)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hāwyám, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”) (compare Armenian ձու (ju), English egg, Italian uovo, Russian яйцо́ (jajcó)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xɑː.ja]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.jä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.jä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.jä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.jä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒː.je]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.jä]

Readings
Classical reading?	xāya
Dari reading?	xāya
Iranian reading?	xâye
Tajik reading?	xoya

Noun

Dari	خایه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хоя

خایه • (xâye) (plural خایه‌ها (xâye-hâ))

1. (archaic) egg

   Synonym: تُخم (toxm)

2. (vulgar) testicle, balls

   Synonyms: تُخم (toxm), بیضه (beyze)

3. (figurative, vulgar) courage, guts, balls

Derived terms

• خایه‌مال (xâye-mâl, “servile, obsequious, grovelling”)
• خایه کردن (xâye kardan, “to panic”)
• بی‌خایه (bi-xâye, “coward, pussy”)

Descendants

• → Turkish: haya

See also

• تخم (toxm)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph. A Comprehensive Persian-English dictionary, including the Arabic words and phrases to be met with in Persian literature. London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1892.

Southwestern Fars

Noun

خایه (xâya)

1. (anatomy, Kuzarg) testicle