یک

See also: یگ‎

Persian

Alternative forms

• (colloquial) یه‎ (ye)

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾywk' (*ēk, *yak) (Manichaean Middle Persian yk), from Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Kurdish yek), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas (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 *Háywas, 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)