خوک

See also: جوک

Persian

Dari	خوک
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хук

Alternative forms

• خوگ (xug)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian HZWLYA / hwk' (hūg), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Iranian, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-Iranian, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *suh₂kéh₂, from *suH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xuːk/

Noun

خوک • (xuk) (plural خوک‌ها (xuk-hâ) or خوکان (xukân))

1. pig

Derived terms

• خوکچه (xukče)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “hūg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 20

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Urdu

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian خوک (xuk).

Noun

خوک • (xūk) m

1. pig

Synonyms

• سؤر (sū'ar)