کاواک
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From کاو (kâv, present stem of کاویدن (kâvidan, “to burrow, to dig, to search deeply, to investigate”)) + ـاک (-âk, suffix that forms the active participle from the present verb stem).[1] The suffix is an alternative form of ـا (-â), which originates from Middle Persian -ʾk' (/-āg/).[2] Refer to خوراک (xorâk, “food”) for another example of a word that ends this alternative form of ـا (-â), and to گویا (gôyâ, “capable of speech”) or رسا (resâ, “audible”) for examples of words that ends in the standard form of the suffix.
Alternatively, it may be from Turkic.[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [kɑː.wɑːk]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰɒː.vɒːkʲ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰɔ.vɔk]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kāwāk |
| Dari reading? | kāwāk |
| Iranian reading? | kâvâk |
| Tajik reading? | kovok |
Noun
[edit]کاواک • (kâvâk)
References
[edit]- ^ Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کاواک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “āg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 6
- ^ Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)[1] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 210 A. 42