یک

See also: يك‎, یك‎, and یگ‎

Gilaki

Numeral

یک (yek)

1. one

Mazanderani

Numeral

یک (yak)

1. one

Persian

Alternative forms

• یه‎ (ye), یگ‎ (yag)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾywk'), 𐫏𐫐‎ (yk /⁠ēwak⁠/), from Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾy /⁠ē⁠/), 𐭧𐭣‎ (HD), 𐫙𐫏𐫇‎ (ʿyw /⁠ēw⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *Háywah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas, from Proto-Indo-European *óywos.

Indo-European cognates include Bactrian ιωγο (iōgo), Sanskrit एक (eka), Ancient Greek οἶος (oîos), German ein, French un, English one, Latin ūnus, etc..

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jäk]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [jekʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [jäk]

Readings
Classical reading?	yak
Dari reading?	yak
Iranian reading?	yek
Tajik reading?	yak

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Numeral

Persian numbers ^(edit)

		10
	←  0	۱ 1	2  →	10  →
Cardinal: یک (yek)     Ordinal: اَوَّل‎ (avval)

Dari	یک
Iranian Persian
Tajik	як

یک • (yek) (Persian numeral ۱‎)

1. one

Noun

یک • (yek)

1. one

Derived terms

• یکم‎ (yekom)
• یکی‎ (yeki)
• یکا‎ (yekâ)
  • یکای کیهانی‎ (yekâ-ye keyhâni)
• یکتا‎ (yektâ)
  • یکتاپرست‎ (yektâ-parast)
    • یکتاپرستی‎ (yektâ-parasti)
    • یکتاپرستانه‎ (yektâ-parastâne)
  • یکتائی‎ (yektâ'i)
• یگانه‎ (yegâne)
  • یگانگی‎ (yegânegi)
• یک‌شنبه‎ (yek-šanbe)
• یک‌رنگ‎ (yek-rang)
• یکدیگر‎ (yekdigar)
• یکدفعه‎ (yekdaf'e)
• یکدل‎ (yekdel)
• یکبار‎ (yekbâr)
  • یکبار دیگر‎ (yekbâr digar)
• یکی بود یکی نبود‎ (yeki bud yeki nabud)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: yek
• → Chagatai: یک‎
  • Uyghur: يەك‎ (yek)
  • Uzbek: yak
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: यक (yak)
  • Urdu: یَک‎ (yak)
• → Ottoman Turkish: یَك‎ (yek)
  • Turkish: yek
• → Punjabi: یَک‎ (yak)

References

• Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000), “*¹aiu̯a-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 136

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یَک‎ (yak).

Numeral

یَک • (yak)

1. one

   Synonym: اِکّ‎ (ikk)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “یک‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یَک‎ (yak).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jək/

Numeral

یَک • (yak) (Hindi spelling यक)

1. one

   Synonym: ایک‎ (ek)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884), “يك”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “یک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.