میخ

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (myh /mēx/), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎹𐎢𐎧 (MYUX /mayūxa/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayū́kʰas (“peg, nail”), ultimately a borrowing from the the BMAC substrate . Cognate with Sanskrit मयूख (mayūkha, “peg”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /meːx/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /meːx/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /miːx/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /mex/

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Noun

Iranian Persian	میخ
Dari	میخ
Tajik	мех (mex)

میخ • (mix, mêx) (plural میخ‌ها‎ (mix-hâ, mêx-hâ))

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Related terms

میخک‎ (mixak)
میخی‎ (mixi)
میخ زدن‎ (mix zadan)

Descendants

→ Bashkir: мыҡ (mıq)
→ Azerbaijani: mıx
→ Armenian: մեխ (mex)
→ Crimean Tatar: mıh
→ Hindi: मेख़ (mex)
→ Turkish: mıh
→ Uyghur: مىخ‎ (mix)
→ Urdu: میخ‎

Ushojo

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (mex).

Noun

میخ (mex)

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