خایه

Persian

Alternative forms

خاگ (xâg) (dialectal, Kazerun)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠xāyak⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *Hāwyám (compare Northern Kurdish hêk, Ossetian айк (ajk), Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬨 (aēm)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hāwyám, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”) (compare Armenian ձու (ju), English egg, Italian uovo, Russian яйцо́ (jajcó)).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xaː.ˈja/

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

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒː.je]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.jä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xāya
Dari reading^?	xāya
Iranian reading^?	xâye
Tajik reading^?	xoya

Noun


Iranian Persian	خایه
Dari	خایه
Tajik	хоя

خایه • (xâye) (plural خایه‌ها)

(vulgar) testicle, balls
Synonyms: تُخم (toxm), بیضه (beyze), تستیکول (testikul)
(figurative, vulgar) courage, guts, balls
(archaic) egg
Synonym: تُخم (toxm)

Derived terms

خایه‌مال (xâye-mâl, “servile, obsequious, grovelling”)
خایه کردن (xâye kardan, “to panic”)
بی‌خایه (bi-xâye, “coward, pussy”)
خاگینه (xâgine, “omelette”)

Descendants

→ Turkish: haya

See also

تخم (toxm)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph. A Comprehensive Persian-English dictionary, including the Arabic words and phrases to be met with in Persian literature. London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1892.

Southwestern Fars

Noun

خایه (xâya)

(anatomy, Kuzarg) testicle