میخک

Persian

Etymology

From میخ (mix, “nail”) +‎ ـک (-ak, “diminutive suffix”).

Noun

Dari میخک
Iranian Persian
Tajik мехак

میخک • (mixak)

  1. clove
    Synonym: قرنفل (qaranfol)
  2. carnation
    Synonym: قرنفل (qaranfol)
  3. (Dari) wart

Descendants

  • → Armenian: մեխակ (mexak)
  • → Azerbaijani: mixək
  • → Georgian: მიხაკი (mixaḳi)

References

  • “میخک”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afġānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023
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