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Persian
Etymology
From خشک (xošk, “dry”) + ـی (-i).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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xuškī
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| Dari reading?
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xuškī
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| Iranian reading?
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xoški
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| Tajik reading?
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xuški
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Noun
خشکی • (xoški) (plural خشکیها (xoški-hâ))
- dryness, aridity
- dry land (opposed to water)
یکی از سریعترین حیوانات روی خشکیهای زمین است.- yeki az sari'-tarin heyvânât-e ru-ye xoški-hâ-ye zamin ast.
- It is one of the fastest animals on land on Earth.
- drought
- lifelessness, lack of energy (e.g. of a work of art)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “خشکی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim