شاخ

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Arabic

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Root
ش ي خ (š y ḵ)
4 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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شَاخَ (šāḵa) I (non-past يَشِيخُ (yašīḵu), verbal noun شَيَخ (šayaḵ) or شُيُوخَة (šuyūḵa) or شُيُوخِيَّة (šuyūḵiyya) or شَيْخُوخَة (šayḵūḵa) or شَيْخُوخِيَّة (šayḵūḵiyya))

  1. (intransitive) to become elderly; to age; to senesce

Conjugation

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Central Kurdish

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Noun

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شاخ (şax)

  1. mountain

Persian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćā́kʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱókh₂eh₂ (branch). Cognate with Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, branch, twig, limb, finger), Old Armenian ցախ (cʻax, branch, twig), Lithuanian šakà (branch), Gothic 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 (hōha, plough), Old East Slavic соха (soxa, stake, club, brace, plough), Old Irish géc (branch).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? šāx
Dari reading? šāx
Iranian reading? šâx
Tajik reading? šox

Noun

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Dari شاخ
Iranian Persian
Tajik шох

شاخ (šâx)

  1. horn, antler
  2. a branch, bough, shoot, sucker, twig
  3. the arm, from the tip of the finger to the shoulder
  4. the leg, from the groin to the foot
  5. a small cut from a main stream
  6. the spur of a cock
  7. a rib
  8. a bit, piece
  9. a gusset, gore
  10. the forehead
  11. the main beam in the roof of a house
  12. a cup of wine (from a custom prevailing in Jurjistān, to drink wine out of horns), a goblet, a drinking-horn
  13. wine mixed with rose-water
  14. a horn wherein they keep civet, a scent-box
  15. civet
  16. the civet-cat
  17. spices, perfumes
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References

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Urdu

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شاخ (sense .1)
شاخ (sense .2)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian شاخ (šāx, horn; branch). Compare Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, branch, twig; limb).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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شاخ (śāxf (Hindi spelling शाख़)

  1. horn; antler
  2. tree branch, bough
  3. (by extension) organizational branch

Derived terms

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References

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  • شاخ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شاخ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “شاخ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • شاخ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.