یک

See also: یگ‎

Persian

Alternative forms

(colloquial) یه‎ (ye)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾywk'), 𐫏𐫐‎ (yk /ēwak/), from Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾy /ē/), [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (HD), 𐫙𐫏𐫇‎ (ʿyw /ēw/), from Proto-Iranian *Háywah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas. Cognate with Bactrian ιωγο (iōgo).

Pronunciation

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [jekʲ]
(Tehrani) IPA^(key): [jek]
(Tehrani) IPA^(key): [je]
(dialectal, Mashhad, Sabzevar) IPA^(key): /jæk/

Numeral

**Persian cardinal numbers**
< ۰	۱	۲ > ‎
Cardinal : یک

Dari Persian	یک‎
Iranian Persian	یک‎
Tajiki Persian	як (yak)

یک • (yek) (Persian numeral ۱‎)

one

Noun

یک • (yek)

one

Related terms

یکم‎ (yekom)
یکی‎ (yeki)

References

Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000), “*¹aiu̯a-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 136

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