شوخ

See also: شوح and سوخ

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? šōh
Dari reading? šōh
Iranian reading? šuh
Tajik reading? šüh

Adjective

شوخ • (šôh)

  1. shameless, saucy, brazen
  2. jocose, jovial, gay

Derived terms

  • شوخی (šôhi, shamelessness; joke)
  • شوخ‌چشم (šôh-češm, shameless)
  • شوخ‌روی (šôh-rôy, shameless)

Noun

شوخ • (šôh)

  1. filth, muck
  2. pus

Alternative forms

  • شوغ (šôğ), شخ (šox)

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “شوخ”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “شوخ”, 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 (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 474b–475a
  • Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 578a
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