خوی
Persian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Middle Persian [Term?] (/xwēy/, “sweat, perspiration”) from Proto-Iranian *hwáydah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swáydas (“sweat”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swóyd-o-s from the root *sweyd- (“sweat, to sweat”). Cognate with Baluchi ہید (hed) and English sweat. Doublet of خوید.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [xʷaj]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xoj]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χuj]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | xway |
Dari reading? | xuy |
Iranian reading? | xoy |
Tajik reading? | xuy |
Noun edit
- sweat
- Synonym: عرق ('araq)
- sown field, acre, meadow (cf. خوید (xwêd))
- herbage just sprouting above the ground
- saddle-cloth, or dorsers below the saddle
Etymology 2 edit
Compare Old Armenian խոյր (xoyr), Persian خود (xôd).
Noun edit
خوی • (xôy)
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun edit
خوی • (xôy)
- Khoy (a city in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran)
- Khoy County (a county of West Azerbaijan Province, Iran)
Etymology 4 edit
Otherwise خو (xô). Cognate to Sanskrit स्वधा (svadhā).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [xoːj]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xuːj]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χɵj]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | xōy |
Dari reading? | xōy |
Iranian reading? | xuy |
Tajik reading? | xüy |
Noun edit
References edit
- Müller, Friedrich (1894), “Pahlawi und neupersische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 8, pages 188–189
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “خوی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 489b
- Vullers, Johann August (1855), “خوی”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 764a