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

Emoji

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