سرکه

See also: شركة‎ and سركه‎

Persian

Alternative forms

• سرکا‎ (serkâ), سک‎ (sek)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠sarkāw⁠/, “vinegar”).

Alternatively, borrowed from Turkic, compare Azerbaijani sirkə, Ottoman Turkish سركه‎ (sirke), etc. According to Doerfer, direction of a possible borrowing between Iranian and Turkic is not clear.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [siɾ.ka]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪɾ.kʰä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪɾ.kʰä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪɾ.kʰä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [siɾ.kʰä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [seɹ.kʰʲe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [siɾ.kʰä]

Readings
Classical reading?	sirka
Dari reading?	sirka
Iranian reading?	serke
Tajik reading?	sirka

Noun

سرکه • (serke)

Dari	سرکه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сирка

1. vinegar

Descendants

• → Bengali: সির্কা (sirka)
• → Punjabi: ਸਿਰਕਾ (sirkā)
• → Urdu: سرکہ‎ (sirkah)

Further reading

• Farahvashi - "Farhang-e Farsi be Pahlavi 2002" - "sarkāw" - Page 307