خاک

See also: خاگ, چاک, and چاك

Bakhtiari

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾk' /⁠xāk⁠/).

Noun

خاک (xâk)

1. grave

Derived terms

• خاکستون (xâkestūn)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾk' /⁠xāk⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑːk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑːk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑːk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔːk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒːkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔk]

Readings
Classical reading?	xāk
Dari reading?	xāk
Iranian reading?	xâk
Tajik reading?	xok

Noun

Dari	خاک
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хок

خاک • (xâk)

1. earth
2. soil
3. dust
4. dirt

Derived terms

• خاک‌انداز (xâk-andâz)

Related terms

• خاکی (xâki)
• خاکستری (xâkestari)

Descendants

• → Bengali: খাক (khâk)
• → Gujarati: ખાક (khāk)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ख़ाक (xāk)

  Urdu: خاک (xāk)

• → Ottoman Turkish: خاك (hak)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਖ਼ਾਕ (xāk)

  Shahmukhi script: خاک (xāk)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خاک (xāk).

Noun

خاک • (xāk) f (Hindi spelling ख़ाक)

1. earth
2. soil
3. dirt
4. dust
5. ash

Declension

Declension of خاک
	singular	plural
direct	خاک (xāk)	خاکیں (xākẽ)
oblique	خاک (xāk)	خاکوں (xākõ)
vocative	خاک (xāk)	خاکو (xāko)

Related terms

• خاکی (xākī)