𐎶𐎹𐎧

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayū́kʰas. Cognate with Sanskrit मयूख (mayū́kha).

Noun

𐎶𐎹𐎧 (m-y-x /mayuxa/)

1. doorknob

Descendants

• Middle Persian: myh (mēx)
  • Persian: میخ (mix)
    • → Bashkir: мыҡ (mıq)
    • → Azerbaijani: mıx
    • → Armenian: մեխ (mex)
    • → Crimean Tatar: mıh
    • → Hindi: मेख़ (mex)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: میخ (mıh)
      • Turkish: mıh
      • → Armenian: մըխ (məx)
    • → Uyghur: مىخ (mix)
    • → Urdu: میخ (mex)

References

• Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2016) An Introduction to Old Persian‎^[1]