خایه

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/xāyak/), from Proto-Iranian *Hāwyám (compare Northern Kurdish hêk, Ossetian айк (ajk), Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬨‎ (aēm)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hāwyám, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”) (compare Armenian ձու (ju), English egg, Italian uovo, Russian яйцо́ (jajcó)).

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /xɑːja/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /xɒːje/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /xɔja/

Noun

Iranian Persian	خایه
Dari	خایه
Tajik	хоя (xoya)

خایه • (xâye) (plural خایه‌ها‎ (xâye-hâ))

(archaic) egg
(vulgar) testicle, balls
(figurative, vulgar) courage, guts, balls

Synonyms

(egg): تُخم‎ (toxm)
(testicle): تُخم‎ (toxm), بیضه‎ (beyze)

Derived terms

خایه‌مال‎ (xâye-mâl, “servile, obsequious, grovelling”)
خایه کردن‎ (xâye kardan, “to panic”)
بی‌خایه‎ (bi-xâye, “coward, pussy”)

Descendants

→ Turkish: haya

See also

تخم‎ (toxm)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph. A Comprehensive Persian-English dictionary, including the Arabic words and phrases to be met with in Persian literature. London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1892.

Southwestern Fars

Noun

خایه (xâya)

(anatomy, Kuzarg) testicle

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