خوک

See also: جوک

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (HZWLYA) / [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwk' /⁠hūg⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *huHkáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *suH-, from Proto-Indo-European *suh₂kéh₂, from *suH-. Cognate with English hog.

Pronunciation

Dari	خوک
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хук

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xuːk], [xuːɡ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xuːk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xuːk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xuːk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xuk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xuːkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χuk]

Readings
Classical reading?	xūk, xūg
Dari reading?	xūk
Iranian reading?	xuk
Tajik reading?	xuk

Noun

یک خوک با توله (yek xuk bâ tule, “a pig with its young”)

خوک • (xuk) (plural خوک‌ها (xuk-hâ) or خوکان (xukân))

1. pig

   مَن گوشْتِ خوک نِمی‌خورَم. ― man gušt-e xuk nemi-xoram. ― I don't eat pork

Alternative forms

• خوگ (xug)

Derived terms

• خوکچه (xukče, “piglet”)

 

Descendants

• → Central Kurdish: خووگ (xûg)
• → Gujarati: ખૂક (khūk), ખૂગ (khūg)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ख़ूक (xūk)

  Urdu: خُوک (xūk)

• → Northern Kurdish: xûg, hûg, xûk
• → Pashto: خوګ (xug)
• → Sarikoli: hɛwg
• → Sanglechi: [script needed] (xūg, “boar”)
• → Wakhi: (/⁠xüg⁠/)

  Arabic script: خؤگ

  Cyrillic script: хуг (xug)

• → Yagnobi: хуг (xug)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “hūg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 20

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خُوک (xūk).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xuːk/

Noun

خُوک • (xūk) m (Hindi spelling ख़ूक)

1. pig

   Synonyms: سُؤَر (suar), خِنْزِیر (xinzīr)