جیک

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See also: جيك and چيك

Persian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? jīk
Dari reading? jīk
Iranian reading? jik
Tajik reading? jik

Etymology 1[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

Noun[edit]

جیک (jik)

  1. chirp, twitter

Etymology 2[edit]

A Turkic borrowing,[1] compare Azerbaijani çıqqıltı (click).

Noun[edit]

جیک (jik)

  1. one side of the die known in English as knucklebone, jackstone or astragal
  2. detail, minutia
  3. jack, bugger, sod

References[edit]

  1. ^ Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎[1] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 88–89 Nr. 264

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