کیک

Persian

Alternative forms

• کچک (kočak) (Alternative spelling, Classic Persian)
• گیک (gayk) (Alternative spelling, Classic Persian)

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kdyk' /⁠kayk⁠/), 𐫐𐫏𐫐 (kyk /⁠kayk⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *kā́ykiH. Compare Semnani کیگ (keyg, “flea”), Northern Kurdish kêç (“flea”), Talysh kek (“flea”), Zazaki kekı (“flea”), Central Kurdish کێچ (kêç, “flea”).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäjk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäjk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäjk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.jik]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäjk]

• Rhymes: -ajk

Readings
Classical reading?	kayk
Dari reading?	kayk
Tajik reading?	kayk

Noun

Dari	کیک
Iranian Persian	کک
Tajik	кайк

کیک • (kayk) (Tajik spelling кайк)

1. (Dari, Tajik or archaic) flea

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: كیك (keyk)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cake.

کیک هویج

Pronunciation

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰeːk]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲejkʰʲ]

Readings
Dari reading?	kēk
Iranian reading?	keyk

Noun

Dari	کیک
Iranian Persian
Tajik	торт

کیک • (kayk / keyk)

1. cake

   کیک هویج ― keyk-e havij ― carrot cake

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from English cake.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /keːk/
• Rhymes: -eːk

Noun

کیک • (kek) m (Hindi spelling केक)

1. cake