خاگینه

Persian

Etymology

From earlier خایه گینه (xâya gina), from Middle Persian [Term?]. Equivalent to خایه (xâye, “egg”) +‎ ـگین (-gin, “-ful”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xɑː.ɡiː.ˈna]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.ɡiː.nǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.ɡiː.nǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.ɡiː.nǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.ɡi.nǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒː.ɡʲiː.né]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.ɡi.nǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	xāgīna
Dari reading?	xāgīna
Iranian reading?	xâgine
Tajik reading?	xogina

Noun

خاگینه • (xâgine)

1. a kind of scrambled egg

Related terms

• خایه (xâye)
• ـگین (-gin)

Descendants

• Ottoman Turkish: قایغنه (kayğana)
  • Bulgarian: кайгана (kajgana)
  • Greek: καγιανάς (kagianás)
  • Turkish: kaygana
  • Serbo-Croatian: ка̏јгана/kȁjgana

See also

• نیمرو (nimru)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خاگینه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul