چکش

Persian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From earlier (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]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäkoʃ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäkoʃ]

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

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäkoʃ]

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

Noun

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

hammer
― 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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.