کمک

Persian

Etymology

From Azerbaijani kömək (“help, assistance”), from Proto-Turkic *kömek (“help, assistance”). Compare Uzbek koʻmak (“help”), Kazakh көмек (kömek, “help”), Yakut көмө (kömö, “help”); Bashkir күмәк (kümək, “group of people doing one job”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ku.ˈmak]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊ.mǽk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊ.mǽk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰʊ.mǽk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰu.mǽk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰo.mǽkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰu.mǽk]

Readings
Classical reading?	kumak
Dari reading?	kumak
Iranian reading?	komak
Tajik reading?	kumak

Noun

Dari	کمک
Iranian Persian
Tajik	кумак

کمک • (komak) (plural کمک‌ها (komak-hâ))

1. help, aid, assistance
2. an assistant, a reserve

Derived terms

• کمک کردن (komak kardan, “help”)
• کمک خواستن (komak xâstan, “to ask for help”)
• کمکی (komaki, “auxiliary, helper”)

Descendants

• → Georgian: ქომაგი (komagi)
• → Gujarati: કુમક (kumak)
• → Hindi: कुमक (kumak)
• → Urdu: کمک (kumak)

See also

• به کمک احتیاج دارید؟ (be komak ehtiyâj dârid?, “Do you (guys) need help?”, politely or to multiple people)
• به کمک احتیاج داری؟ (be komak ehtiyâj dâri?, “Do you need help?”, familiarly and to one person)

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 606–607