شوخ

See also: شوح and سوخ

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃoːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃoːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃoː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃʊː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃuːʱ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɵʰ]

Readings
Classical reading?	šōh
Dari reading?	šōh
Iranian reading?	šuh
Tajik reading?	šüh

Adjective

شوخ • (šôh)

1. shameless, saucy, brazen
2. jocose, jovial, gay

Derived terms

• شوخی (šôhi, “shamelessness; joke”)
• شوخ‌چشم (šôh-češm, “shameless”)
• شوخ‌روی (šôh-rôy, “shameless”)

Noun

شوخ • (šôh)

1. filth, muck
2. pus

Alternative forms

• شوغ (šôğ), شخ (šox)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “شوخ”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “شوخ”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 474b–475a
• Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 578a