سرکه
Persian
Alternative forms
- سرکا (sirkā / serkâ), سک (sik / sek)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian HLYA (/sik/), [Term?] (/sarkāw/).[1] Alternatively, borrowed from Turkic, compare Azerbaijani sirkə, Ottoman Turkish سركه (sirke), etc. According to Doerfer, direction of a possible borrowing between Iranian and Turkic is not clear.[2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /sir.ˈka/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sɪɾ.kʰä]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [seɹ.kʰʲe]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [siɾ.kʰä]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sirka |
| Dari reading? | sirka |
| Iranian reading? | serke |
| Tajik reading? | sirka |
Noun
سرکه • (sirka / serke) (Tajik spelling сирка)
Related terms
- سکنجبین (sikanjabīn / sekanjabin, “sekanjabin”)
- سکبا (sikbā / sekbâ, “sikbaj”)
Descendants
- → Bengali: সির্কা (sirka)
- → Hindustani:
- → Punjabi:
See also
- (Haft-sin table) هفتسین (haft-sin); سبزه (sabze), سیر (sir), سیب (sib), سمنو (samanu), سنجد (senjed), سرکه (serke), سماق (somâq), سکه (sekke)
References
- ^ Bahram Farahvashi (2002), “sarkāw, sik”, in فرهنگ فارسی به پهلوی [Persian-Pahlavi Dictionary] (in Persian), page 307
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sirke1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük