سگ

See also: شک, شك, and سک

Persian

سگ

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (sag), from Old Persian 𐏂𐎣 (çaka-), from West Iranian *spaka "dog-like, relating to dogs" (compare Old Median σπάκα, Kurdish, , and Old Armenian ասպակ (aspak, “dog”), a borrowing from Median), from Proto-Iranian *cwā́ (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬁 (spā)), Pashto سپی (spëy)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwā́ (compare Sanskrit श्वन् (śvā́)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sæɡ]

Noun

Dari	سگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	саг

سگ • (sag) (plural سگ‌ها (sag-hâ) or سگان (sagân))

1. dog

   سگ من تندتر از سگ تو می‌دوه.

   Sag-e man tond-tar az sag-e to mi-dave.

   My dog runs faster than yours.

Derived terms

• سگی (sagi)
• توله‌سگ (tule-sag)

Descendants

• Malay: anjing

References

• Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎^[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 20