محک

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِحَكّ (miḥakk, “touchstone”)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mi.ˈhakk/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [me̞.ɦäk(ː)]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mi.jäk(ː)]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mi.jäk(ː)]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [me.ɦækʲ(ː)]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mi.ɦäk(ː)]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mihakk
Dari reading^?	mehakk
Iranian reading^?	mehakk
Tajik reading^?	mihakk

Noun


Iranian Persian	محک
Dari	محک
Tajik	миҳак

محک • (mehakk)

touchstone
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 747:
  یا محک باید میان جان خویش
  ور ندانی ره مرو تنها تو پیش
  yā mihakk bāyad miyān-i jān-i xwēš
  war na-dānī rah ma-raw tanhā tū pēš
  Either you must have a touchstone within your own soul,
  or if you know not the Way, do not go forward alone.
test, criterion

References

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