یک

See also: یگ

Persian

Alternative forms

• (colloquial) یه‏ (ye)

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾywk' (*ēk, *yak) (Manichaean Middle Persian yk‏ (yk)), from Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Kurdish yek), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haykas (compare Sanskrit एक (éka), Sanskrit एक (ek), Urdu ایک‏ (ek)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)óykos. Compare Old Persian [script needed] (aiva-), Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀‏ (aēuua) from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haywas, from the variant Proto-Indo-European form *(H)óywos.

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [jekʲ]
• (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [jek]
• (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [je]
• (dialectal, Mashhad, Sabzevar) IPA^(key): /jæk/

Numeral

Dari	یک‏
Iranian Persian	یک‏
Tajik	як (yak)

یک • (yek) (Persian numeral ۱‏)

1. one

Noun

یک • (yek)

1. one

Related terms

• یکم‏ (yekom)
• یکی‏ (yeki)