شوخ

See also: شوح and سوخ

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoːx/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃoːx]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃoːx]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃoːx]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃʊːx]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃuːx]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɵχ]

Readings
Classical reading?	šōx
Dari reading?	šōx
Iranian reading?	šux
Tajik reading?	šüx

Adjective

شوخ • (šōx / šux) (Tajik spelling шӯх)

1. shameless, saucy, brazen
2. jocose, jovial, gay

Derived terms

• شوخی (šôxi, “shamelessness; joke”)
• شوخ‌چشم (šôx-češm, “shameless”)
• شوخ‌روی (šôx-rôy, “shameless”)

Noun

شوخ • (šōx / šux) (Tajik spelling шӯх)

1. filth, muck
2. pus

Alternative forms

• شوغ (šôġ), شخ (šox)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “شوخ”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “شوخ”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 474b–475a
• Wolff, Fritz (1935), Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 578a