یاقوت

See also: ياقوت

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic يَاقُوت (yāqūt), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos). Doublet of یاکند (yâkand).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [jɑː.quːt̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [jɑː.quːt̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [jɔː.qut̪]

Readings
Classical reading? yāqūt
Dari reading? yāqūt
Iranian reading? yâğut
Tajik reading? yoqut

Noun
Dari یاقوت
Iranian Persian
Tajik ёқут

یاقوت • (yâqut) (plural یاقوت‌ها (yâqut-hâ))

  1. ruby
    Synonym: یاکند (yâkand)
  2. corundum

Derived terms
  • یاقوتِستان (yâqutestân)

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یاقوت (yāqūt), from Arabic, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos).

Noun

یاقوت • (yāqūt) m (Hindi spelling याक़ूत)

  1. ruby
  2. garnet
  • یاقوتی (yāqūtī)
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