پچق

Persian

Alternative forms

پچک (pičak / pečak), پچاق (pičāq / pečâġ), پیچاق (pīčāq / pičâġ), بچاق (bičāq / bečâġ)

Etymology

From a Turkic source, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bïčak.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /pi.ˈt͡ʃaq/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɪ.t͡ʃʰäq]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɪ.t͡ʃʰäq]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰi.t͡ʃʰäq]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰe.t͡ʃʰæɢ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰi.t͡ʃʰäq]

Readings
Classical reading^?	pičaq
Dari reading^?	pičaq
Iranian reading^?	pečaġ
Tajik reading^?	pičaq

Noun

پچق • (pičaq / pečaġ) (Tajik spelling пичақ)

knife
Synonyms: چاقو (čāqū / čâġu), کارد (kārd / kârd)

Further reading

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