یک

See also: يك, یك, and یگ

Gilaki

Numeral

یک (yek)

  1. one

Mazanderani

Numeral

یک (yak)

  1. one

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

 

Readings
Classical reading? yak
Dari reading? yak
Iranian reading? yek
Tajik reading? yak
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Numeral

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

یک • (yek)

  1. one

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: yek
  • Chagatai: یک
    • Uyghur: يەك (yek)
    • Uzbek: yak
  • Hindustani:
  • Ottoman Turkish: یَك (yek)
  • Punjabi: یَک (yak)

References

  • 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یَک (yak).

Numeral

یَک • (yak)

  1. one
    Synonym: اِکّ (īkk)

Further reading

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یَک (yak).

Pronunciation

Numeral

یَک • (yak) (Hindi spelling यक)

  1. one
    Synonym: ایک (ek)

Further reading

  • 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.
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