نمک

See also: نمك

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐫗𐫖𐫏𐫍𐫐 (namak).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [na.ˈmak]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.mǽk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.mǽk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nä.mǽk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nä.mäk], [ni.mɔ́ːk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ.mǽkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.mǽk]

Readings
Classical reading?	namak
Dari reading?	namak
Iranian reading?	namak
Tajik reading?	namak

• Audio (Iran):

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• (regional pronunciations):
  • (Sistani) IPA^(key): /nmæk/
  • (dialectal, Isfahan) IPA^(key): /næmek/, /nemek/

Noun

نمک • (namak) (Tajik spelling намак)

1. salt

Derived terms

• نمکی (namaki)
• نمکین (namakin)

Descendants

• → Assamese: নিমখ (nimokh)
• → Bengali: নিমক (nimok)
• → Gujarati: નિમક (nimak)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: नमक (namak)

  Urdu: نَمَک (namak)

• → Punjabi: namak

  Gurmukhi script: ਨਮਕ

  Shahmukhi script: نَمَک

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَمَک (namak).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nə.mək/
• Rhymes: -ək

Noun

نَمَک • (namak) m (Hindi spelling नमक)

1. salt

Related terms

• نمکین (namakīn)