شاخ
Persian
/ʃɒx/
regional
Definitions
- horn, antler
- a branch, bough, shoot, sucker, twig
- the arm, from the tip of the finger to the shoulder
- the leg, from the groin to the foot
- a small cut from a main stream
- the spur of a cock
- a rib
- a bit, piece
- a gusset, gore
- the forehead
- the main beam in the roof of a house
- a cup of wine (from a custom prevailing in Jurjistān, to drink wine out of horns), a goblet, a drinking-horn
- wine mixed with rose-water
- a horn wherein they keep civet, a scent-box
- civet
- the civet-cat
- spices, perfumes
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćā́kʰaH inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱókh₂eh₂ (branch).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱókh₂eh₂
Gloss
branch
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
枝
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- соха Russian
- *ḱak- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱókh₂eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *hōhô Proto-Germanic
- शाखा Sanskrit
- géag Irish
- *soxa Proto-Slavic
- शाखा Hindi
- شاخه Persian
- géc Old Irish
- శాఖ Telugu
- соха Bulgarian
- 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 Gothic
- *kankā Proto-Celtic
- saka Pali
- sākhā Pali
- соха Ukrainian
- શાખા Gujarati
- *ćā́kʰaH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *śā́kʰaH Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀸 Maharastri Prakrit
- ਸ਼ਾਖਾ Panjabi, Punjabi
- shox Uzbek
- ᬰᬵᬓᬵ Balinese