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جیک

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See also: جيك and چيك

Persian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Onomatopoeic.

Noun

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جیک (jik)

  1. chirp, twitter

Etymology 2

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A Turkic borrowing,[1] compare Azerbaijani çıqqıltı (click).

Noun

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جیک (jik)

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

References

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  1. ^ Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎[1] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 88–89 Nr. 264

Further reading

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