کیمخت

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kiː.ˈmuxt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰiː.mʊ́xt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰiː.mʊ́xt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰiː.mʊ́xt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰu.múxt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲiː.móxt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰi.múχt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	kīmuxt
Dari reading?	kīmuxt
Iranian reading?	kimoxt
Tajik reading?	kimuxt

Noun

کیمخت • (kimoxt)

1. chamois, shagreen
   • c. 1649, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “On the conquest of Qandahār and praise of Shah ʿAbbās II”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎^[1]:

     از مهره‌های گردن پامال گشتگان
     گردید ادیم خاک چو کیمخت دانه‌دار

     az muhra-yi gardan-i pāmāl gaštagān
     gardīd adīm-i xāk čū kīmuxt-i dāna-dār

     Out of the necklace beads of those [Indian soldiers] trampled underfoot,
     The skin of the earth became like granulated chamois.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “کیمخت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim