خاک

See also: خاگ, چاک, and چاك

Bakhtiari

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾk' /⁠xāk⁠/).

Noun

خاک (xâk)

  1. grave

Derived terms

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾk' /⁠xāk⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? xāk
Dari reading? xāk
Iranian reading? xâk
Tajik reading? xok

Noun
Dari خاک
Iranian Persian
Tajik хок

خاک • (xâk)

  1. earth
  2. soil
  3. dust
  4. dirt

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Bengali: খাক (khâk)
  • → Gujarati: ખાક (khāk)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ख़ाक (xāk)
    Urdu: خاک (xāk)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: خاك (hak)
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi: ਖ਼ਾਕ
    Shahmukhi: خاک

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خاک (xāk).

Noun

خاک • (xāk) f (Hindi spelling ख़ाक)

  1. earth
  2. soil
  3. dirt
  4. dust
  5. ash
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