سگ
See also: شک, شك, and سک
Persian
سگ
Etymology
From Middle Persian sag, from Old Persian *𐏂𐎣 (*çaka-) (compare an Iranian denotation of the dog *spaka-, Old Median σπάκα, Northern Kurdish se, seg, and Old Armenian ասպակ (aspak, “dog”), from Middle Median *aspak), from Proto-Iranian *cwā́ (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬁 (spā)), Pashto سپی (spëy)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwā́ (compare Sanskrit श्वन् (śvā́)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /saɡ/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /saɡ/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /sæɡ/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /saɡ/
- IPA(key): [sæɡ]
Noun
| Dari | سگ |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | саг (sag) |
سگ • (sag) (plural سگها (sag-hâ) or سگان (sagân))
- dog
- سگ من تندتر از سگ تو میدوه.
- Sag-e man tond-tar az sag-e to mi-dave.
- My dog runs faster than yours.
Derived terms
- سگی (sagi)
- تولهسگ (tule-sag)
References
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 20
- D. N. MacKenzie (1971) A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 73; Reprinted with corrections , 1986.
Urdu
Etymology
From Persian سگ (sag).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /səɡ/
Noun
سَگ • (sag) m (Hindi spelling सग)
- dog
- Synonym: کتا (kuttā)
- (offensive) bitch
References
- “سگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “سگ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.