کاخ

See also: كاخ and کاج

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kɑːx]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːx]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːx]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːx]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔːx]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒːx]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔχ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kāx
Dari reading?	kāx
Iranian reading?	kâx
Tajik reading?	kox

Noun

کاخ • (kâx)

1. palace, mansion

   Synonyms: کوشک (kušk), قصر (qasr)

   کاخ گلستان ― kâx-e golestân ― Golestan Palace

   کاخ سفید ― kâx-e sefid ― White House

   کاخ وست‌مینستر ― kâx-e vest-minster ― Palace of Westminster

   کاخ باکینگهام ― kâx-e bâkinghâm ― Buckingham Palace

   • 10th century, Ferdowsi, The Shahnameh:

     بناهای آباد گردد خراب ز باران و از تابش آفتاب، پی افگندم از نظم کاخی بلند که از باد و باران نیابد گزند.

     banâ-hâ-ye âbâd gardad xarâb ze bârân o az tâbeš-e âftâb, pey afgandam az nazm kâx-e boland ke az bâd o bârân nayâbad gazand.

     The inhabited buildings will decay by rains and the heat of the sun. [However], I laid down a lofty palace out of [my] verse which will not be destroyed by gusts and rainfalls.

Southern Kurdish

Noun

کاخ (kax)

1. castle