عینک

Persian

Etymology

From عین ('eyn, eye) + ـک (-ak, diminutive suffix), or alternatively from آیینه (âyine, glass) + ـک (-ak, suffix meaning “related to, pertaining to”). [1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäj.nǽk]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔäj.nǽk]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔäj.nǽk]

Readings
Classical reading? aynak
Dari reading? aynak
Iranian reading? eynak
Tajik reading? aynak

Noun

Dari عینک
Iranian Persian
Tajik айнак

عِیْنَک • ('eynak) (plural عینک‌ها ('eynak-hâ))

  1. glasses, spectacles
    عینک زدن'eynak zadanto wear glasses
    عینک آفتابی'eynak-e âftâbisunglasses
    عینک دودی'eynak-e dudisunglasses

Derived terms

  • عینکی (eynaki, spectacled, person who wears glasses)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: eynək
  • Hindi: ऐनक (ainak)
  • Kazakh: әйнек (äinek)
  • Punjabi: ਐਨਕ (ainak)
  • Turkmen: äýnek
  • Urdu: عَینَک ('ainak)
  • Uyghur: ئەينەك (eynek)
  • Uzbek: oynak

References

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَینَک ('aynak), from Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn, eye) + Persian diminutive suffix -ak.

Pronunciation

Noun

عَیݨََک • (ʻaiṇāk) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਐਣਕ or ਐਨਕ)

  1. spectacles; a pair of glasses

Declension

Declension of عینک
dir. sg. عَیݨَک (ʻaiṇak)
dir. pl. عَیݨَکاں (ʻaiṇakāṉ)
singular plural
direct عَیݨَک (ʻaiṇak) عَیݨَکاں (ʻaiṇakāṉ)
oblique عَیݨَک (ʻaiṇak) عَیݨَکاں (ʻaiṇakāṉ)
vocative عَیݨَکے (ʻaiṇake) عَیݨَکو (ʻaiṇako)
ablative عَیݨَکوں (ʻaiṇakoṉ)
locative عَیݨَکے (ʻaiṇake) عَیݨَکِیں (ʻaiṇakīṉ)
instrumental عَیݨَکے (ʻaiṇake) عَیݨَکِیں (ʻaiṇakīṉ)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “عَینک”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਐਨਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عینک ('aynak), from Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn, eye) + Persian ـَک (-ak, diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, عَین ('ain) + ـَک (-ak).

Pronunciation

Noun

عَینَک • ('ainak) f (Hindi spelling ऐनक)

  1. glasses, spectacles
    Synonym: چَشْمَہ (caśma)
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