خشکی

Persian

Etymology

خشک (xošk, “dry”) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xuʃ.ˈkiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊʃ.kʰíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊʃ.kʰíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊʃ.kʰíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xuʃ.kʰí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xoʃ.kʰʲíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χuʃ.kʰí]

Readings
Classical reading?	xuškī
Dari reading?	xuškī
Iranian reading?	xoški
Tajik reading?	xuški

Noun

خشکی • (xoški) (plural خشکی‌ها (xoški-hâ))

1. dryness, aridity
2. dry land (opposed to water)

   یکی از سریع‌ترین حیوانات روی خشکی‌های زمین است.

   yeki az sari'-tarin heyvânât-e ru-ye xoški-hâ-ye zamin ast.

   It is one of the fastest animals on land on Earth.

3. drought
4. lifelessness, lack of energy (e.g. of a work of art)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “خشکی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim