جیغ

Persian

Alternative forms

• چِیقْ (čiğ), چِیغْ (čiq)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒiːɣ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒiːɣ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒiːɣ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒiːɣ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒiɣ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒiːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒiʁ]

Readings
Classical reading?	jīğ
Dari reading?	jīğ
Iranian reading?	jiğ
Tajik reading?	jiġ

Noun

جِیغ • (jiğ)

1. a yell
2. a scream

Derived terms

• جیغ زدن (jiğ zadan)
• جیغ و ویغ (jiğ o viğ)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: चीख़ (cīx), चीख (cīkh)

  Urdu: چِیخ (cīx)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਚੀਖ਼ (cīx), ਚੀਖ (cīkh)

  Shahmukhi script: چِیخ (cīx)

• → Sylheti: ꠌꠤꠇ (sik)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “جیغ”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, page 576
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “جیغ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 382