سوخ
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Iranian, whence also Old Armenian սոխ (sox). Further derivation uncertain, but probably ultimately Turkic, from Proto-Turkic *sogan, cognate to Southern Altai согоно (sogono), Tuvan согуна (soguna), Khakas соған (soğan), Bashkir һуған (huğan), Chuvash сухан (suh̬an), Azerbaijani soğan (“onion”), Turkish soğan, Old Turkic 𐰣𐰍𐰽 (soɣun), etc., all meaning “onion”; also borrowed into Mongolian as сонгино (songino). Compare that on the other hand the most widespread Turkic word for garlic, *sarïmsak, is borrowed from Iranian.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /soːx/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /suːx/
Noun
سوخ • (sôx) (plural سوخها (sôx-hâ))
- (archaic) onion
- 10th century, Kisai Marvazi:
- می نَیابم نان خشک و سوخ شَب / تو همه حَلوا کنی در شب طَلَب
- mē-nayâbam nân-i xušk u sôx-i šab / tu hama halwâ kunī dar šab talab
- I cannot find even stale bread and onion to have for the dinner, / while you crave just confectionary at night!
- 10th century, Kisai Marvazi:
- bulb (bulb-shaped root)
Synonyms
- پیاز (piyâz)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “سوخ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 706b
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “سوخ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “սոխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 239ab
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 238