دلکش

Persian

Etymology

From دل (del, “heart”) +‎ کش (keš, present stem of کشیدن (kešidan, “to draw, to pull”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dil.ˈkaʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪl.kʰǽʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪl.kʰǽʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪl.kʰǽʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪il.kʰǽʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪el.kʰʲéʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪il.kʰǽʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	dilkaš
Dari reading?	dilkaš
Iranian reading?	delkeš
Tajik reading?	dilkaš

Adjective

دلکش • (delkeš)

1. attractive, charming, winsome

   لبخند دلکش ― labxand-e delkeš ― winning smile

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دلکش”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim