یک

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian (compare Kurdish yek), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haykas (compare Sanskrit एक (éka), Hindi एक (ek), Urdu ایک (ek)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)óykos. Compare Old Persian [script?] (aiva-), Avestan [script?] (aēwa-) from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haywas, from the variant Proto-Indo-European form *(H)óywos.

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [jekʲ]
• (Tehrani accent) IPA^(key): [jek]
• (Tehrani accent) 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)