See also: جوک

Persian edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (HZWLYA) / [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwk' /⁠hūg⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *huHkáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *suH-, from Proto-Indo-European *suh₂kéh₂, from *suH-. Cognate with English hog.

Pronunciation edit

Dari خوک
Iranian Persian
Tajik хук
 

Readings
Classical reading? xūk, xūg
Dari reading? xūk
Iranian reading? xuk
Tajik reading? xuk

Noun edit

 
یک خوک با توله (yek xuk bâ tule, a pig with its young)

خوک (xuk) (plural خوک‌ها (xuk-hâ) or خوکان (xukân))

  1. pig
    مَن گوشْتِ خوک نِمی‌خورَم.man gušt-e xuk nemi-xoram.I don't eat pork

Alternative forms edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Central Kurdish: خووگ (xûg)
  • Gujarati: ખૂક (khūk), ખૂગ (khūg)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: ख़ूक (xūk)
    Urdu: خُوک (xūk)
  • Northern Kurdish: xûg, hûg, xûk
  • Pashto: خوګ (xug)
  • Sarikoli: hɛwg
  • Sanglechi: [script needed] (xūg, boar)
  • Wakhi: (/⁠xüg⁠/)
    Arabic script: خؤگ
    Cyrillic script: хуг (xug)
  • Yagnobi: хуг (xug)

References edit

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “hūg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 20

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian خُوک (xūk).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

خُوک (xūkm (Hindi spelling ख़ूक)

  1. pig
    Synonyms: سُؤَر (suar), خِنْزِیر (xinzīr)