خاگینه

Persian

Alternative forms

خایه‌گینه (xāya-gīna / xâye-gine), خایگینه (xāygīna / xâygine)

Etymology

From earlier (xāya-gīna), from Middle Persian [Term?]. Equivalent to (xāya / xâye, “egg”) +‎ (-gīn / -gin, “-ful”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xaː.ɡiː.ˈna/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.ɡiː.ná]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.ɡiː.ná]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.ɡi.ná]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒː.ɡʲiː.né]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.ɡi.ná]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xāgīna
Dari reading^?	xāgīna
Iranian reading^?	xâgine
Tajik reading^?	xogina

Noun

خاگینه • (xāgīna / xâgine) (Tajik spelling хогина)

a kind of scrambled egg

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: qayğanaq, qayqanaq
- → Persian: قیقناق (qeyqanâq)
→ Ottoman Turkish: قایغنه (kaygana)
- Turkish: kaygana, kayganak
- → Bulgarian: кайгана (kajgana)
- → Greek: καγιανάς (kagianás)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ка̏јгана/kȁjgana

See also

نیمرو (nimru)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “خاگینه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul