خنک
Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (hwnk' /xunak/, “cool”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /xu.ˈnak/, /xu.ˈnuk/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xʊ.nʊ́k]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xo.nǽkʲ], [xo.nókʲ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χu.núk]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | xunák, xunúk |
| Dari reading? | xunuk |
| Iranian reading? | xonak, xonok |
| Tajik reading? | xunuk |
Adjective
خُنَک • (xonak) (comparative خُنَکتَر, superlative خُنَکتَرین)
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[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 729a
Southwestern Fars
Pronunciation
Adjective
خنک (xonek, xonok)
- (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) cool