خوک

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See also: جوک

Persian

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Etymology

From Middle Persian (HZWLYA) / (hwk' /⁠hūg⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *huHkáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *suH-, from Proto-Indo-European *suh₂kéh₂, from *suH-. Cognate with English hog.

Pronunciation

Dari خوک
Iranian Persian
Tajik хук
 

Readings
Classical reading? xūk, xūg
Dari reading? xūk
Iranian reading? xuk
Tajik reading? xuk

Noun

یک خوک با توله (yek xuk bâ tule, “a pig with its young”)

خوک • (xuk) (plural خوک‌ها (xuk-hâ) or خوکان (xukân))

  1. pig
    مَن گوشْتِ خوک نِمی‌خورَم. ― man gušt-e xuk nemi-xoram. ― I don't eat pork

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Central Kurdish: خووگ (xûg)
  • → Gujarati: ખૂક (khūk), ખૂગ (khūg)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ख़ूक (xūk)
    Urdu: خُوک (xūk)
  • → Northern Kurdish: xûg, hûg, xûk
  • → Pashto: خوګ (xug)
  • → Sarikoli: hɛwg
  • → Sanglechi: (xūg, “boar”)
  • → Wakhi: (/⁠xüg⁠/)
    Arabic script: خؤگ
    Cyrillic script: хуг (xug)
  • → Yagnobi: хуг (xug)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “hūg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 20

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خُوک (xūk).

Pronunciation

Noun

خُوک • (xūk) m (Hindi spelling ख़ूक)

  1. pig
    Synonyms: سُؤَر (suar), خِنْزِیر (xinzīr)
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