عینک

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Afroasiatic *ʕayVn-

Proto-Semitic *ʕayn-

Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn)bor.

Persian عین ('eyn)

Middle Persian 𐭪 (k /⁠-ak⁠/)

Persian ـک (-ak)

Persian عینک

From عین ('eyn, “eye”) + ـک (-ak, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaj.ˈnak/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäj.nák]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäj.nák]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäj.nák]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäj.nák]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔej.nǽkʰʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäj.nák]

• Rhymes: -ak

Readings
Classical reading?	aynak
Dari reading?	aynak
Iranian reading?	eynak
Tajik reading?	aynak

Noun

عینک • (aynak / eynak) (plural عینک‌ها (aynak-hā / eynak-hâ), Tajik spelling айнак)

1. glasses, spectacles

   عینک زدن ― eynak zadan ― to wear glasses

   عینک آفتابی ― eynak-e âftâbi ― sunglasses

   عینک دودی ― eynak-e dudi ― sunglasses

Derived terms

• عینکی (eynaki, “spectacled, person who wears glasses”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: eynək
• → Chagatai: عَیْنَک (ʿynk /⁠äynak⁠/)
  • Uyghur: ئەينەك (eynek)
  • Uzbek: oynak
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ऐनक (ainak)

  Urdu: عَینَک ('ainak)

• → Kazakh: әйнек (äynek)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਐਨਕ (ainak), ਐਣਕ (aiṇak)

  Shahmukhi script: عَینَک (ʻainak), عَیݨََک (ʻaiṇāk)

• → Sindhi:

  Devanagari script: ऐनक (ainaka)

  Arabic script: عَينَڪَ (ʻainaka)

• → Turkmen: äýnek

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “عینک”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَیْنَک (aynak), derived from Classical Persian عَیْن (ayn) + ـَک (-ak), the first part ultimately being derived from Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn). By surface analysis, عَین (ʻain) +‎ ـَک (-ak).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ˈɛː.nək/, [ˈˈɛː.nək(ə̆)]
• Rhymes: -ək

Noun

عَیݨََک • (ʻaiṇāk) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਐਣਕ or ਐਨਕ)

1. spectacles; a pair of glasses

Declension

Declension of عینک

	singular	plural
direct	عَیݨَک (ʻaiṇak)	عَیݨَکاں (ʻaiṇakāṉ)
oblique	عَیݨَک (ʻaiṇak)	عَیݨَکاں (ʻaiṇakāṉ)
vocative	عَیݨَکے (ʻaiṇake)	عَیݨَکو (ʻaiṇako)
ablative	عَیݨَکوں (ʻaiṇakoṉ)	—
locative	عَیݨَکی (ʻaiṇakī)	عَیݨَکِیں (ʻaiṇakīṉ)
instrumental	عَیݨَکے (ʻaiṇake)	عَیݨَکِیں (ʻaiṇakīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “عَینک”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਐਨਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَیْنَک (aynak), derived from Classical Persian عَیْن (ayn) + ـَک (-ak), the first part ultimately being derived from Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn). By surface analysis, عَین ('ain) +‎ ـَک (-ak).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ɛː.nək/
• Rhymes: -ək

Noun

عَینَک • ('ainak) f (Hindi spelling ऐनक)

1. glasses, spectacles

   Synonym: چَشْمَہ (caśma)

Derived terms

• عینکی ('ainakī, “spectacled, person who wears glasses”)

References

• “عینک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “عینک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “عینک”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.