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عینک

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Persian

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Etymology

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From عین ('eyn, eye) +‎ ـک (-ak, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? aynak
Dari reading? aynak
Iranian reading? eynak
Tajik reading? aynak

Noun

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Dari عینک
Iranian Persian
Tajik айнак

عِیْنَک ('eynak) (plural عینک‌ها ('eynak-hâ))

  1. glasses, spectacles
    عینک زدنeynak zadanto wear glasses
    عینک آفتابیeynak-e âftâbisunglasses
    عینک دودیeynak-e dudisunglasses

Derived terms

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  • عینکی (eynaki, spectacled, person who wears glasses)

Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: eynək
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: ऐनक (ainak)
    Urdu: عَینَک ('ainak)
  • Kazakh: әйнек (äinek)
  • Punjabi: ਐਨਕ (ainak)
  • Turkmen: äýnek
  • Uyghur: ئەينەك (eynek)
  • Uzbek: oynak

Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian عَیْنَک (aynak).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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عَیݨََک (ʻaiṇākf (Gurmukhi spelling ਐਣਕ or ਐਨਕ)

  1. spectacles; a pair of glasses

Declension

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Declension of عینک
dir. sg. عَیݨَک (ʻaiṇak)
dir. pl. عَیݨَکاں (ʻaiṇakāṉ)
singular plural
direct عَیݨَک (ʻaiṇak) عَیݨَکاں (ʻaiṇakāṉ)
oblique عَیݨَک (ʻaiṇak) عَیݨَکاں (ʻaiṇakāṉ)
vocative عَیݨَکے (ʻaiṇake) عَیݨَکو (ʻaiṇako)
ablative عَیݨَکوں (ʻaiṇakoṉ) عَیݨَکاں (ʻaiṇakāṉ)
locative عَیݨَکی (ʻaiṇakī) عَیݨَکِیں (ʻaiṇakīṉ)
instrumental عَیݨَکِیں (ʻaiṇakīṉ) عَیݨَکے (ʻaiṇake)

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “عَینک”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਐਨਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian عَیْنَک (aynak).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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عَینَک ('ainakf (Hindi spelling ऐनक)

  1. glasses, spectacles
    Synonym: چَشْمَہ (caśma)