اندک

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾndk' /⁠andak⁠/, “little, few”),^[1] the diminutive form of [script needed] (ʾnd /⁠and⁠/, “so much, many”).^[2] By surface analysis, (and, “an unknown number”) +‎ (-ak, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔan.ˈdak/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪äk]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪äk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪äk]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæn̪.d̪ækʰʲ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪äk]

Rhymes: -ak

Readings
Classical reading^?	andak
Dari reading^?	andak
Iranian reading^?	andak
Tajik reading^?	andak

Adjective


Iranian Persian	اندک
Dari	اندک
Tajik	андак

اندک • (andak)

few, little, scanty
Synonyms: خجاره (xojâre), کم (kam)

Derived terms

اندکی (andaki)

References

^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “andak”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 9
^ Oklor Skjærvø (2009), “Middle West Iranian” (chapter 4), in Gernot Windfuhr, editor, The Iranian Languages‎^[1] (in English), page 262: “[The suffix] -ak (-k) makes diminutives: and 'so much': and-ak 'a little'; nēw 'good': nēk 'good '; Man. M Pers. kōdak and kōdag 'small'.”

[1] MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “andak”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 9

[2] Oklor Skjærvø (2009), “Middle West Iranian” (chapter 4), in Gernot Windfuhr, editor, The Iranian Languages‎^[1] (in English), page 262: “[The suffix] -ak (-k) makes diminutives: and 'so much': and-ak 'a little'; nēw 'good': nēk 'good '; Man. M Pers. kōdak and kōdag 'small'.”

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