یک

See also: يك and یگ

Gilaki

Numeral

یک (yek)

1. one

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Mazanderani

Numeral

یک (yak)

1. one

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Persian

Alternative forms

• یه (ye), یگ (yag)

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

Readings
Classical reading?	y
Dari reading?	y
Iranian reading?	y
Tajik reading?	y

Numeral

Persian numbers ^(edit)

		10
	←  0	۱ 1	2  →	10  →
Cardinal: یک (yek)     Ordinal: اَوَّل (avval)

Dari	یک
Iranian Persian
Tajik	як

یک • (yek) (Persian numeral ۱)

1. one

Noun

یک • (yek)

1. one

Derived terms

• یکم (yekom)
• یکی (yeki)
• یکا (yekâ)
  • یکای کیهانی (yekâ-ye keyhâni)
• یکتا (yektâ)
  • یکتاپرست (yektâ-parast)
    • یکتاپرستی (yektâ-parasti)
    • یکتاپرستانه (yektâ-parastâne)
• یگانه (yegâne)
• یک‌شنبه (yekšanbe)
• یک‌رنگ (yek-rang)
• یکدیگر (yek-digar)
• یکدفعه (yek-daf’e)
• یکبار (yekbâr)
  • یکبار دیگر (yekbâr digar)
• یکی بود یکی نبود (yeki bud yeki nabud)

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