یقه

Persian

Alternative forms

• یخن (yaxan) (Dari)

Etymology

From a Turkic source, from Proto-Turkic *jaka (“edge; collar”).

Compare Old Uyghur [script needed] (jaqa, “collar”), Turkish yaka (“collar”), Yakut саҕа (sağa, “collar; edge; contour”), Bashkir яға (yağa, “collar”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ja.ˈqa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jä.qǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jä.qǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [jä.qǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [jä.qǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [jæ.ʁé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [jä.qǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	yaqa
Dari reading?	yaqa
Iranian reading?	yağe
Tajik reading?	yaqa

Noun

یقه • (yaqe) (plural یقه‌ها (yaqe-hâ))

1. (Iran) collar

   Synonym: گریبان (garibân)

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1975) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 21)‎^[1] (in German), volume IV, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 102–104