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

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæˈkuʃ/
(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰækˈkʰoʃ]

Noun

چکش • (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: شاكوش‎ (šākūš)

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

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