جیک

See also: جيك and چيك

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒiːk]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒiːk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒiːk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒiːk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒik]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒiːkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒik]

Readings
Classical reading?	jīk
Dari reading?	jīk
Iranian reading?	jik
Tajik reading?	jik

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

جیک • (jik)

1. chirp, twitter

Etymology 2

A Turkic borrowing, compare Azerbaijani çıqqıltı (“click”).

Noun

جیک • (jik)

1. one side of the die known in English as knucklebone, jackstone or astragal
2. detail, minutia
3. jack, bugger, sod

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “جیک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Mo'in, Mohammad (1972) “جیک”, in Moeen Encyclopedic Dictionary [فرهنگ معین] (in Persian), Tehran: Amirkabir
• Vullers, Johann August (1855) “جیک”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 546b