یک

See also: یگ‎

Persian

Alternative forms

• (colloquial) یه‎ (ye)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾywk' /ēwak/) (Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (yk)), from Proto-Iranian *Háywa-ka-, derivative of Proto-Iranian *Háywah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas. Cognate with Bactrian ιωγο (iōgo).

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

Persian cardinal numbers

<  ۰	۱	۲  > ‎
Cardinal : یک

Dari Persian	یک‎
Iranian Persian	یک‎
Tajiki Persian	як (yak)

یک • (yek) (Persian numeral ۱‎)

1. one

Noun

یک • (yek)

1. one

Related terms

• یکم‎ (yekom)
• یکی‎ (yeki)

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