باخه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic, Turkish bağa.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /baː.ˈxa/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.xá]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑː.xá]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔː.xá]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bɒː.xé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɔ.χá]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bāxa
Dari reading^?	bāxa
Iranian reading^?	bâxe
Tajik reading^?	boxa

Noun

باخه • (bāxa / bâxe) (plural باخه‌ها (bāxa-hā / bâxe-hâ), Tajik spelling боха)

(obsolete) turtle, tortoise

Related terms

قورباغه (qurbâġe)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “باخه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.