خوک

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See also: جوک

Persian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Dari خوک
Iranian Persian
Tajik хук
 

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

Noun

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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

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • 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: [script needed] (xūg, boar)
  • Wakhi: (/⁠xüg⁠/)
    Arabic script: خؤگ
    Cyrillic script: хуг (xug)
  • Yagnobi: хуг (xug)

References

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

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian خُوک (xūk).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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خُوک (xūkm (Hindi spelling ख़ूक)

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