یک

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See also: يك, یك, and یگ

Gilaki

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یک (yek)

  1. one

Mazanderani

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یک (yak)

  1. one

Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾywk'), 𐫏𐫐 (yk /⁠ēwak⁠/), from Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾy /⁠ē⁠/), 𐭧𐭣 (HD), 𐫙𐫏𐫇 (ʿyw /⁠ēw⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *Háywah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas, from Proto-Indo-European *óywos.

Indo-European cognates include Bactrian ιωγο (iōgo), Sanskrit एक (eka), Ancient Greek οἶος (oîos), German ein, French un, English one, Latin ūnus, etc..

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? yak
Dari reading? yak
Iranian reading? yek
Tajik reading? yak
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Numeral

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Persian numbers (edit)
10
 ←  0 ۱
1
2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: یک (yek)
    Ordinal: اَوَّل (avval)
Dari یک
Iranian Persian
Tajik як

یک (yek) (Persian numeral ۱)

  1. one

Noun

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یک (yek)

  1. one

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) “*¹aiu̯a-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 136

Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian یَک (yak).

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یَک (yak)

  1. one
    Synonym: اِکّ (īkk)

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “یک”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian یَک (yak).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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یَک (yak) (Hindi spelling यक)

  1. one
    Synonym: ایک (ek)

Further reading

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  • Platts, John T. (1884) “يك”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • یک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.