شاخ

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See also: ساح

Arabic

Root
ش ي خ (š y ḵ)
4 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

شَاخَ • (šāḵa) I (non-past يَشِيخُ (yašīḵu), verbal noun شَيَخ (šayaḵ) or شُيُوخَة (šuyūḵa) or شُيُوخِيَّة (šuyūḵiyya) or شَيْخُوخَة (šayḵūḵa) or شَيْخُوخِيَّة (šayḵūḵiyya))

  1. (intransitive) to become elderly; to age; to senesce

Conjugation

    Conjugation of شَاخَ (I, hollow, a ~ i, full passive (?), verbal nouns شَيَخ, شُيُوخَة, شُيُوخِيَّة, شَيْخُوخَة, شَيْخُوخِيَّة)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر 		شَيَخ, شُيُوخَة, شُيُوخِيَّة, شَيْخُوخَة, شَيْخُوخِيَّة
šayaḵ, šuyūḵa, šuyūḵiyya, šayḵūḵa, šayḵūḵiyya
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل 		شَائِخ
šāʔiḵ
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول 		مَشِيخ
mašīḵ
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m شِخْتُ
šiḵtu 		شِخْتَ
šiḵta 		شَاخَ
šāḵa 		شِخْتُمَا
šiḵtumā 		شَاخَا
šāḵā 		شِخْنَا
šiḵnā 		شِخْتُمْ
šiḵtum 		شَاخُوا
šāḵū
f شِخْتِ
šiḵti 		شَاخَتْ
šāḵat 		شَاخَتَا
šāḵatā 		شِخْتُنَّ
šiḵtunna 		شِخْنَ
šiḵna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m أَشِيخُ
ʔašīḵu 		تَشِيخُ
tašīḵu 		يَشِيخُ
yašīḵu 		تَشِيخَانِ
tašīḵāni 		يَشِيخَانِ
yašīḵāni 		نَشِيخُ
našīḵu 		تَشِيخُونَ
tašīḵūna 		يَشِيخُونَ
yašīḵūna
f تَشِيخِينَ
tašīḵīna 		تَشِيخُ
tašīḵu 		تَشِيخَانِ
tašīḵāni 		تَشِخْنَ
tašiḵna 		يَشِخْنَ
yašiḵna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m أَشِيخَ
ʔašīḵa 		تَشِيخَ
tašīḵa 		يَشِيخَ
yašīḵa 		تَشِيخَا
tašīḵā 		يَشِيخَا
yašīḵā 		نَشِيخَ
našīḵa 		تَشِيخُوا
tašīḵū 		يَشِيخُوا
yašīḵū
f تَشِيخِي
tašīḵī 		تَشِيخَ
tašīḵa 		تَشِيخَا
tašīḵā 		تَشِخْنَ
tašiḵna 		يَشِخْنَ
yašiḵna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m أَشِخْ
ʔašiḵ 		تَشِخْ
tašiḵ 		يَشِخْ
yašiḵ 		تَشِيخَا
tašīḵā 		يَشِيخَا
yašīḵā 		نَشِخْ
našiḵ 		تَشِيخُوا
tašīḵū 		يَشِيخُوا
yašīḵū
f تَشِيخِي
tašīḵī 		تَشِخْ
tašiḵ 		تَشِيخَا
tašīḵā 		تَشِخْنَ
tašiḵna 		يَشِخْنَ
yašiḵna
imperative
الْأَمْر 		m شِخْ
šiḵ 		شِيخَا
šīḵā 		شِيخُوا
šīḵū
f شِيخِي
šīḵī 		شِخْنَ
šiḵna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m شِخْتُ
šiḵtu 		شِخْتَ
šiḵta 		شِيخَ
šīḵa 		شِخْتُمَا
šiḵtumā 		شِيخَا
šīḵā 		شِخْنَا
šiḵnā 		شِخْتُمْ
šiḵtum 		شِيخُوا
šīḵū
f شِخْتِ
šiḵti 		شِيخَتْ
šīḵat 		شِيخَتَا
šīḵatā 		شِخْتُنَّ
šiḵtunna 		شِخْنَ
šiḵna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m أُشَاخُ
ʔušāḵu 		تُشَاخُ
tušāḵu 		يُشَاخُ
yušāḵu 		تُشَاخَانِ
tušāḵāni 		يُشَاخَانِ
yušāḵāni 		نُشَاخُ
nušāḵu 		تُشَاخُونَ
tušāḵūna 		يُشَاخُونَ
yušāḵūna
f تُشَاخِينَ
tušāḵīna 		تُشَاخُ
tušāḵu 		تُشَاخَانِ
tušāḵāni 		تُشَخْنَ
tušaḵna 		يُشَخْنَ
yušaḵna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m أُشَاخَ
ʔušāḵa 		تُشَاخَ
tušāḵa 		يُشَاخَ
yušāḵa 		تُشَاخَا
tušāḵā 		يُشَاخَا
yušāḵā 		نُشَاخَ
nušāḵa 		تُشَاخُوا
tušāḵū 		يُشَاخُوا
yušāḵū
f تُشَاخِي
tušāḵī 		تُشَاخَ
tušāḵa 		تُشَاخَا
tušāḵā 		تُشَخْنَ
tušaḵna 		يُشَخْنَ
yušaḵna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m أُشَخْ
ʔušaḵ 		تُشَخْ
tušaḵ 		يُشَخْ
yušaḵ 		تُشَاخَا
tušāḵā 		يُشَاخَا
yušāḵā 		نُشَخْ
nušaḵ 		تُشَاخُوا
tušāḵū 		يُشَاخُوا
yušāḵū
f تُشَاخِي
tušāḵī 		تُشَخْ
tušaḵ 		تُشَاخَا
tušāḵā 		تُشَخْنَ
tušaḵna 		يُشَخْنَ
yušaḵna

Central Kurdish

Noun

شاخ (şax)

  1. mountain

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćā́kʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱókh₂eh₂ (“branch”). Cognate with Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “branch, twig, limb, finger”), Old Armenian ցախ (cʻax, “branch, twig”), Lithuanian šakà (“branch”), Gothic 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 (hōha, “plough”), Old East Slavic соха (soxa, “stake, club, brace, plough”), Old Irish géc (“branch”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? šāx
Dari reading? šāx
Iranian reading? šâx
Tajik reading? šox

Noun

Dari شاخ
Iranian Persian
Tajik шох

شاخ • (šâx)

  1. horn, antler
  2. a branch, bough, shoot, sucker, twig
  3. the arm, from the tip of the finger to the shoulder
  4. the leg, from the groin to the foot
  5. a small cut from a main stream
  6. the spur of a cock
  7. a rib
  8. a bit, piece
  9. a gusset, gore
  10. the forehead
  11. the main beam in the roof of a house
  12. a cup of wine (from a custom prevailing in Jurjistān, to drink wine out of horns), a goblet, a drinking-horn
  13. wine mixed with rose-water
  14. a horn wherein they keep civet, a scent-box
  15. civet
  16. the civet-cat
  17. spices, perfumes

References

Urdu

شاخ (sense .1)
شاخ (sense .2)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاخ (šāx, “horn; branch”). Compare Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “branch, twig; limb”).

Pronunciation

Noun

شاخ • (śāx) f (Hindi spelling शाख़)

  1. horn; antler
  2. tree branch, bough
  3. (by extension) organizational branch

Derived terms

Derived terms

References

  • “شاخ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شاخ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “شاخ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • “شاخ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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