یکه

Persian

Etymology

By surface analysis, (yak / yek) +‎ (-a / -e).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ja.ˈka/, /jak.ˈka/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jä.kʰá], [jäk.kʰá]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [jä.kʰá], [jäk.kʰá]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [jä.kʰá], [jäk.kʰá]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [je.kʰʲé], [jekʰʲ.kʰʲé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [jä.kʰá], [jäk.kʰá]

Readings
Classical reading^?	yaká, yakká
Dari reading^?	yaka, yakka
Iranian reading^?	yeka, yekke
Tajik reading^?	yaka, yakka

Adjective

یکه • (yaka, yakka / yeke, yekke) (Tajik spelling яка, or якка)

alone, single
yekke vo tanhâ
all by oneself

Derived terms

یکه‌یکه (yakka-yakka / yekke-yekke, “one-by-one”)

Descendants

→ Chagatai: یکه (ykh /⁠yäkkä⁠/)
- Uzbek: yakka
- Uyghur: يەككە (yekke)
→ Kazakh: жеке (jeke)
→ Kyrgyz: жеке (jeke)
→ Turkmen: ýeke

References

Bulkin, Carleton (2012), “یکه”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 389
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “یکه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.