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Persian
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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jīk
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| Dari reading?
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jīk
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| Iranian reading?
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jik
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| Tajik reading?
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jik
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Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
جیک • (jik)
- chirp, twitter
Etymology 2
A Turkic borrowing, compare Azerbaijani çıqqıltı (“click”).
Noun
جیک • (jik)
- one side of the die known in English as knucklebone, jackstone or astragal
- detail, minutia
- jack, bugger, sod
References
Further reading
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “جیک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Mo'in, Mohammad (1972) “جیک”, in Moeen Encyclopedic Dictionary [فرهنگ معین] (in Persian), Tehran: Amirkabir
- Vullers, Johann August (1855) “جیک”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 546b