کیک

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Alternative forms

  • کچک (kočak) (Alternative spelling, Classic Persian)
  • گیک (gayk) (Alternative spelling, Classic Persian)

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian (kdyk' /⁠kayk⁠/), 𐫐𐫏𐫐 (kyk /⁠kayk⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *kā́ykiH. Compare Semnani کیگ (keyg, “flea”),[1] Northern Kurdish kêç (“flea”), Talysh kek (“flea”), Zazaki kekı (“flea”), Central Kurdish كێچ (kêç, “flea”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? kayk
Dari reading? kayk

Noun

Dari کیک
Iranian Persian کک
Tajik кайк

کیک • (kayk)

  1. (archaic, Dari) flea
Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كیك (keyk)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cake.

کیک هویج

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Dari reading? kēk
Iranian reading? keyk

Noun

Dari کیک
Iranian Persian
Tajik торт

کِیک or کیک • (keyk or kêk)

  1. cake
    کیک هویج ― keyk-e havij ― carrot cake

References

  1. ^ Hosein Tabatabaei, Hasan Tabatabaei, Mohammad Rezaei (2015 August 23) “بررسی و تحلیل نظام آوایی گویش سرکویر در مقایسه با زبان پهلوی [Description of Sarkavir dialect compared with Pahlavi language]”, in Journal of Iranian Regional Languages and Literature‎, volume 5, number 2 (in Persian), pages 105–124

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from English cake.

Pronunciation

Noun

کیک • (kek) m (Hindi spelling केक)

  1. cake
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