کخ

See also: گج, گچ, and کج

Persian

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *kuka (“goblin”).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊx]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊx]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰʊx]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰux]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰox]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰuχ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kux
Dari reading?	kux
Iranian reading?	kox
Tajik reading?	kux

Noun

کخ • (kox)

1. goblin, bogey

Noun

کخ • (kox)

1. (dialectal) apple maggot

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256