یخ

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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]

 

Readings
Classical reading? yax
Dari reading? yax
Iranian reading? yax
Tajik reading? yax

Noun[edit]

Dari یخ
Iranian Persian
Tajik ях

یخ (yax)

  1. ice

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Hindustani:
    • Hindi: यख़ (yax)
    • Urdu: یخ (yax)

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian یخ (yax).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

یَخ (yaxm (Hindi spelling यख़)

  1. ice
    Synonym: برف (barf)

References[edit]

  • یخ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • یخ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.