یخ
Persian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Iranian *Háyxam, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-.
Compare Ossetian их (ix), Pashto يخ (yax), Lithuanian ýnis (“glazed frost”), Russian и́ней (ínej, “hoarfrost”), Ossetian ех (ex, “ice”), German Eis, English ice.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [jax]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [jæx]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [jäχ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | yax |
Dari reading? | yax |
Iranian reading? | yax |
Tajik reading? | yax |
Noun edit
Dari | یخ |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | ях |
یخ • (yax)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian یخ (yax).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /jəx/
Noun edit
یَخ • (yax) m (Hindi spelling यख़)