hêk

Concepts

egg

🥚

ovum

Synonyms

هێک

Translations

uovo

🥚

yumurta

🥚

ou

🥚

œuf

🥚

ovum

🥚

huevo

🥚

ei

🥚

ovo

🥚

Ei

🥚

بيضة

🥚

uòu

αβγό

αυγό

Etymology

Cognate with Persian: خایه

Cognate with Ossetic: айк

Cognate with Avestan: 𐬀𐬉𐬨

Cognate with Armenian: ձու

Cognate with English: egg

Cognate with Italian: uovo

Cognate with Russian: яйцо́

In summary

From Proto-Iranian *Hāwyám (compare Persian خایه (xâye), Ossetian айк (ajk), Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬨 (aēm)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hāwyám, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”) (compare Armenian ձու (ju), English egg, Italian uovo, Russian яйцо́ (jajcó)).

Sentences

Hêk bi çi qasî ne ?

How big are the eggs?

Di dolabê de çend hêk hene?

How many eggs are there in the cupboard?

Dema biçûk bû digot hêk , mezin bû dibêje qaq.

When he was little, he said egg, when he grew up, he said qaq.