عینک

Persian

Etymology

From عین ('eyn, “eye”) +‎ ـک (-ak, diminutive suffix), or alternatively from آیینه (âyine, “glass”) +‎ ـک (-ak, suffix meaning “related to, pertaining to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaj.ˈnak]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäj.nǽk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäj.nǽk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäj.nǽk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäj.nǽk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ej.nǽkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäj.nǽk]

Readings
Classical reading?	aynak
Dari reading?	aynak
Iranian reading?	eynak
Tajik reading?	aynak

Noun

Dari	عینک
Iranian Persian
Tajik	айнак

عِیْنَک • ('eynak) (plural عینک‌ها ('eynak-hâ))

1. glasses, spectacles

   عینک زدن ― 'eynak zadan ― to wear glasses

   عینک آفتابی ― 'eynak-e âftâbi ― sunglasses

   عینک دودی ― 'eynak-e dudi ― sunglasses

Derived terms

• عینکی (eynaki, “spectacled, person who wears glasses”)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: eynək
• → Hindi: ऐनक (ainak)
• → Kazakh: әйнек (äinek)
• → Punjabi: ਐਨਕ (ainak)
• → Turkmen: äýnek
• → Urdu: عَینَک ('ainak)
• → Uyghur: ئەينەك (eynek)
• → Uzbek: oynak

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَینَک ('aynak), from Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn, “eye”) + Persian diminutive suffix -ak.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɛː.ɳəkᵊ/, /ɛː.nəkᵊ/

Noun

عَیݨََک • (ʻaiṇāk) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਐਣਕ or ਐਨਕ)

1. spectacles; a pair of glasses

Declension

Declension of عینک
dir. sg.	عَیݨَک (ʻaiṇak)
dir. pl.	عَیݨَکاں (ʻaiṇakāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	عَیݨَک (ʻaiṇak)	عَیݨَکاں (ʻaiṇakāṉ)
oblique	عَیݨَک (ʻaiṇak)	عَیݨَکاں (ʻaiṇakāṉ)
vocative	عَیݨَکے (ʻaiṇake)	عَیݨَکو (ʻaiṇako)
ablative	عَیݨَکوں (ʻaiṇakoṉ)	—
locative	عَیݨَکے (ʻaiṇake)	عَیݨَکِیں (ʻaiṇakīṉ)
instrumental	عَیݨَکے (ʻaiṇake)	عَیݨَکِیں (ʻaiṇakīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “عَینک”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਐਨਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عینک ('aynak), from Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn, “eye”) +‎ Persian ـَک (-ak, diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, عَین ('ain) +‎ ـَک (-ak).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɛː.nək/

Noun

عَینَک • ('ainak) f (Hindi spelling ऐनक)

1. glasses, spectacles

   Synonym: چَشْمَہ (caśma)