بک

See also: بك

Khalaj

Adjective

بَک (bək)

  1. Arabic spelling of bək (firm)

Kohistani Shina

FWOTD – 28 December 2016

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bak/, [bʌk]

Noun

بک (bak)

  1. cave

References

  • Ruth Laila Schmidt, Razwal Kohistani, A Grammar of the Shina Language of Indus Kohistan

Persian

Alternative forms

  • وک (vak), پک (pak)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (wk /⁠wak⁠/). Cognate with Mazanderani وگ (vag), Sangisari وکو (vaku), Kermanic گک (gok), Gilaki وک (vak), Assamese ভেক (bhek), Sanskrit भेक (bheka), etc.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? bak
Dari reading? bak
Iranian reading? bak
Tajik reading? bak

Noun

بک • (bak)

  1. frog

Derived terms

Sindhi

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa भुक्खा (bhukkhā), from Prakrit 𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bhukkhā), 𑀩𑀼𑀳𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (buhukkhā), 𑀩𑀼𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bubhukkhā), from Sanskrit बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā).

Noun

بک • (bukh)

  1. hunger