چکش
Persian
Alternative forms
- چکوچ (čakuč), چاکوچ (čâkuč), چکوج (čakuj), چلوچ (čaluč, čoluč)
Etymology
From earlier چکوچ (čakuč), from Middle Persian ckwc (čakuč, “hammer”), from Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬐𐬎𐬱 (cakuš, “battle-axe”), from Proto-Indo-European *keku- (“cudgel, hammer shaped stick”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /t͡ʃa.ˈkuʃ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰä.kʰʊ́ʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰækʲ.kʰóʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰä.kʰúʃ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | čakuš |
| Dari reading? | čakuš |
| Iranian reading? | čakkoš |
| Tajik reading? | čakuš |
Noun
چَکُش • (čakoš) (plural چکشها)
Derived terms
- چکش زدن (čakoš zadan)
- چکش خوردن (čakoš xvardan)
- چکشخواری (čakoš-xvâri)
Descendants
- → Arabic: شَاكُوش
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “چکوچ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “čakuč”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
- Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 219