سوخ

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian, whence also Old Armenian սոխ (sox). Further derivation uncertain, but probably ultimately Turkic, from Proto-Turkic *sogan, cognate to Southern Altai согоно (sogono), Tuvan согуна (soguna), Khakas соған (soğan), Bashkir һуған (huğan), Chuvash сухан (suh̬an), Azerbaijani soğan (“onion”), Turkish soğan, Old Turkic 𐰣𐰍𐰽 (soɣun), etc., all meaning “onion”; also borrowed into Mongolian as сонгино (songino). Compare that on the other hand the most widespread Turkic word for garlic, *sarïmsak, is borrowed from Iranian.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [soːx]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [soːx]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [soːx]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sʊːx]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [suːx]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sɵχ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sōx
Dari reading?	sōx
Iranian reading?	sux
Tajik reading?	süx

Noun

سوخ • (sôx) (plural سوخ‌ها (sôx-hâ))

1. (archaic) onion
   • 10th century, Kisai Marvazi:

     می‌ نَیابم نان خشک و سوخ شَب
     تو همه حَلوا کنی در شب طَلَب

     mē-nayābam nān-i xušk u sōx-i šab
     tu hama halvā kunī dar šab talab

     I cannot find even stale bread and onion to have for the dinner,
     while you crave just confectionary at night!

2. bulb (bulb-shaped root)

Synonyms

• پیاز (piyâz)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “سوخ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 706b
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “سوخ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սոխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 239ab
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 238