خاک

See also: خاگ, چاک, and چاك

Bakhtiari

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾk' /⁠xāk⁠/).

Noun

خاک (xâk)

1. grave

Derived terms

• خاکستون (xâkestūn)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾk' /⁠xāk⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xɑːk]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑːk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑːk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑːk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔːk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒːkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔk]

Readings
Classical reading?	xāk
Dari reading?	xāk
Iranian reading?	xâk
Tajik reading?	xok

Noun

Dari	خاک
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хок

خاک • (xâk)

1. earth
2. soil
3. dust
4. dirt

Derived terms

• خاک‌انداز (xâk-andâz)

Related terms

• خاکی (xâki)
• خاکستری (xâkestari)

Descendants

• → Bengali: খাক (khâk)
• → Gujarati: ખાક (khāk)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ख़ाक (xāk)

  Urdu: خاک (xāk)

• → Ottoman Turkish: خاك (hak)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਖ਼ਾਕ

  Shahmukhi: خاک

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خاک (xāk).

Noun

خاک • (xāk) f (Hindi spelling ख़ाक)

1. earth
2. soil
3. dirt
4. dust
5. ash

Related terms

• خاکی (xākī)