یخ

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *aixa-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-.

Compare Ossetian их (ix), Pashto يخ‎ (yax), Lithuanian ýnis (“glazed frost”), Russian и́ней (ínej, “hoarfrost”), Ossetian ех (ex, “ice”), German Eis, English ice.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /jax/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /jax/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /jæx/

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

Noun

Iranian Persian	یخ
Dari	یخ
Tajik	ях (yax)

یخ • (yax)

ice

Derived terms

یخی‎ (yaxi)
یخچال‎ (yaxčâl)
یخ بستن‎ (yax bastan)
یخ زدن‎ (yax zadan)
- یخ‌زده‎ (yax-zade)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: यख़ (yax)
- Urdu: یخ‎ (yax)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (yax).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jəx/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /jəx/

Noun

یَخ • (yax) m (Hindi spelling यख़)

ice
Synonym: برف‎ (barf)

References

“یخ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“یخ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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