یاقوت

See also: ياقوت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يَاقُوت (yāqūt), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos). Doublet of یاکند (yâkand).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [jɑː.quːt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jɑː.quːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jɑː.quːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [jɑː.quːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [jɔː.qut̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [jɒː.ʁuːt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [jɔ.qut̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	yāqūt
Dari reading?	yāqūt
Iranian reading?	yâğut
Tajik reading?	yoqut

Noun

Dari	یاقوت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ёқут

یاقوت • (yâqut) (plural یاقوت‌ها (yâqut-hâ))

1. ruby

   Synonym: یاکند (yâkand)

2. corundum

Derived terms

• یاقوتِستان (yâqutestân)

Related terms

• یاقوتِ کَبود (yâqut-e kabud)
• یاقوتِ سُرخ (yâqut-e sorx)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: یاقوت (yakut)
  • Turkish: yakut
  • → Albanian: jakut
  • → Romanian: iacut
  • → Serbo-Croatian: jàkut／ја̀кут
  • → Ubykh: еқуҭ (ekut)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: याक़ूत (yāqūt)

  Urdu: یَاقُوت (yāqūt)

• → Uyghur: ياقۇت (yaqut)
• → Uzbek: yoqut

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یاقوت (yāqūt), from Arabic, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos).

Noun

یاقوت • (yāqūt) m (Hindi spelling याक़ूत)

1. ruby
2. garnet

Related terms

• یاقوتی (yāqūtī)