سرکه

See also: شركة and سركه

Persian

Alternative forms

  • سرکا (serkâ), سک (sek)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠sarkāw⁠/, vinegar).

Alternatively, borrowed from Turkic, compare Azerbaijani sirkə, Ottoman Turkish سركه (sirke), etc. According to Doerfer, direction of a possible borrowing between Iranian and Turkic is not clear.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sɪɾ.kʰä]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [sɪɾ.kʰä]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [siɾ.kʰä]

Readings
Classical reading? sirka
Dari reading? sirka
Iranian reading? serke
Tajik reading? sirka

Noun

سرکه • (serke)

Dari سرکه
Iranian Persian
Tajik сирка
  1. vinegar

Descendants

  • Bengali: সির্কা (sirka)
  • Punjabi: ਸਿਰਕਾ (sirkā)
  • Urdu: سرکہ (sirkah)

See also

References

  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sirke1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • Farahvashi - "Farhang-e Farsi be Pahlavi 2002" - "sarkāw" - Page 307
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