چکش

Persian

Alternative forms

• چکوچ (čakuč), چاکوچ (čâkuč), چکوج (čakuj), چلوچ (čaluč, čoluč)

Etymology

From earlier چکوچ (čakuč), from Middle Persian ckwc (čakuč, “hammer”), from Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬐𐬎𐬱 (cakuš, “battle-axe”), from Proto-Indo-European *keku- (“cudgel, hammer shaped stick”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃakoʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäkoʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäkoʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäkoʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäkoʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪͡ʃʰækʲ.ˈkʰoʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäkoʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	čakoš
Iranian reading?	t͡ʃakkoʃ
Tajik reading?	čakoš

Noun

چَکُش⁩ْ • (čakoš) (plural چکش‌ها (čakoš-hâ))

1. hammer

   داس و چکش ― dâs-o-čakoš ― hammer and sickle

Derived terms

• چکش زدن (čakoš zadan)
• چکش خوردن (čakoš xvardan)
• چکش‌خواری (čakoš-xvâri)

Descendants

• → Arabic: شَاكُوش

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “چکوچ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “čakuč”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 219