خوک

See also: جوک‎

Persian

Dari Persian خوک‎
Iranian Persian خوک‎
Tajiki Persian хук (xuk)

Alternative forms

  • خوگ‎ (xug)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xuːk/

Noun

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

  1. pig

Derived terms

  • خوكچه‎ (xukče)

References

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

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian خوک‎ (xuk).

Noun

خوک • (xūk) m

  1. pig

Synonyms

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