تنخواه

Persian

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tan.ˈxʷaːh/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰän.xɑːʱ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰän.xɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰän.xɔː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰænx.vɒːʱ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰän.χɔʱ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tanxwāh
Dari reading^?	tanxāh
Iranian reading^?	tanxvâh
Tajik reading^?	tanxoh

Noun

تنخواه • (tanxwāh)

funds, capital

Descendants

→ Armenian: թանխա (tʻanxa)
→ Azerbaijani: tanqah, tanqax
→ Georgian: თანხა (tanxa)
→ Hindi: तनख़्वाह (tanxvāh)
→ Punjabi: tanxāh
Gurmukhi script: ਤਨਖ਼ਾਹ

Shahmukhi script: تنخواہ
→ Urdu: تنخواہ (tanxāh)

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تنخواه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “تنخواه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul