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Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian (hwnk' /xunak/, “cool”).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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xunak, xunuk
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| Dari reading?
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xunuk
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| Iranian reading?
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xonak, xonok
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| Tajik reading?
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xunuk
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Adjective
خُنَک • (xonak) (comparative خُنَکتَر (xonak-tar), superlative خُنَکتَرین (xonak-tarin))
- cool (of temperature)
- هوای خنک ― havâ-ye xonak ― cool weather
- fresh
Further reading
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “xunak”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
- Vullers, Johann August (1855) “خنک”, 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 729a
Southwestern Fars
Pronunciation
Adjective
خنک (xonek, xonok)
- (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) cool