خشک

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hhúškah (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsúškas (“dry”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sews- (“to be dry”).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xuʃk]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊʃk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊʃk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊʃk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xuʃk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xoʃkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χuʃk]

Readings
Classical reading?	xušk
Dari reading?	xušk
Iranian reading?	xošk
Tajik reading?	xušk

Adjective

Dari	خشک
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хушк

خشک • (xošk) (comparative خشک‌تَر (xošk-tar), superlative خشک‌تَرین (xošk-tarin))

1. dry
2. arid

Derived terms

• خشک شدن (xošk šodan)
• خشک کردن (xošk kardan)
• خشکسالی (xošksâli)
• خشکی (xoški)

 

Descendants

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਖ਼ੁਸ਼ਕ (xuśak)

  Shahmukhi script: خشک (xušk)