یک

See also: یگ‎

Persian

Alternative forms

• (colloquial) یه‎ (ye)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾywk'), 𐫏𐫐‎ (yk /ēwak/), from Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾy /ē/), [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (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): IPA^(key): /jak/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /jæk/

• (Tehrani): IPA^(key): /jæk/

• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /jak/

Numeral

Persian cardinal numbers

<  ۰	۱	۲  > ‎
Cardinal : یک

Dari Persian	یک
Iranian Persian
Tajik	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