یخ

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Háyxam, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-.

Compare Ossetian их (ix), Pashto يخ (yax), Lithuanian ýnis (“glazed frost”), Russian и́ней (ínej, “hoarfrost”), Ossetian ех (ex, “ice”), German Eis, English ice.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? yax
Dari reading? yax
Iranian reading? yax
Tajik reading? yax

Noun

Dari یخ
Iranian Persian
Tajik ях

یخ • (yax)

  1. ice

Adjective

یخ • (yax) (Dari)

  1. cold
  2. cool, chilly

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: यख़ (yax)
    Urdu: یخ (yax)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یخ (yax).

Pronunciation

Noun

یَخ • (yax) m (Hindi spelling यख़)

  1. ice
    Synonym: برف (barf)

References

  • “یخ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “یخ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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