عکس

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See also: عكس and ع ك س

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَكْس (ʕaks).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? aks
Dari reading? aks
Iranian reading? aks
Tajik reading? aks
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Noun

Dari عکس
Iranian Persian
Tajik акс

عَکس ('aks) (plural عکس‌ها ('aks-hâ))

  1. photograph, picture
  2. reflected image, reflection
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی, volume II, verse 566:
      عکس چندان باید از یاران خوش
      که شوی از بحر بیعکس آب کش
      'aks čandān bayād az yārān-i xwaš
      ki šawi az bahr bē-'aks āb-kaš
      The reflexion (cast) from goodly friends is necessary
      until you become, without (the aid of any) reflexion, a drawer of water from the Sea.
  3. reverse, contrary, inversion

Derived terms

References

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عکس”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عکس ('aks), from Arabic عَكْس (ʕaks).

Pronunciation

Noun

عَکْس ('aksm (Hindi spelling अक्स)

  1. reverse
  2. inverse
  3. counterpart
  4. reflection
  5. photograph
  6. shadow
  7. opposition