شاخ

Central Kurdish

Noun

شاخ

1. mountain (large mass of earth and rock)

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Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱak- (“branch”). Cognate with Sanskrit शाखा (śā́khā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɒx/

Noun

Dari	شاخ
Iranian Persian	شاخ
Tajik	шох (šox)

شاخ • (šâx)

1. horn, antler
2. a branch, bough, shoot, sucker, twig
3. the arm, from the tip of the finger to the shoulder
4. the leg, from the groin to the foot
5. a small cut from a main stream
6. the spur of a cock
7. a rib
8. a bit, piece
9. a gusset, gore
10. the forehead
11. the main beam in the roof of a house
12. a cup of wine (from a custom prevailing in Jurjistān, to drink wine out of horns), a goblet, a drinking-horn
13. wine mixed with rose-water
14. a horn wherein they keep civet, a scent-box
15. civet
16. the civet-cat
17. spices, perfumes

Related terms

• شاخی (šâxi)
• شاخه (šâxe)
• تک‌شاخ (tak-šâx)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph. A Comprehensive Persian-English dictionary, including the Arabic words and phrases to be met with in Persian literature. London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1892.