خنثی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُنْثَى (ḵunṯā).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xun.ˈsaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊn.sɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊn.sɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xun.sɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xon.sɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χun.sɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xunsā
Dari reading^?	xunsā
Iranian reading^?	xonsâ
Tajik reading^?	xunso

Adjective

خنثی • (xunsā / xonsâ) (Tajik spelling хунсо)

neutral
1. (chemistry) neutral
2. (biology, linguistics) neuter
hermaphroditic

Derived terms

خنثایش (xonsâyeš)
خنثی شدن (xonsâ šodan)
خنثی کردن (xonsâ kardan)
خنثی‌سازی (xonsâ-sâzi)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “خنثی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim