کخ

See also: گج, گچ, and کج

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Onomatopoeic from the sound of spitting.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiχχ/, [kex̠x̠]
  • IPA(key): /kuχχ/, [kox̠x̠]

Interjection

كِخّ or كُخّ • (kiḵḵ or kuḵḵ)

  1. (baby talk) spit it out!

Persian

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *kuka (“goblin”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? kux
Dari reading? kux
Iranian reading? kox
Tajik reading? kux

Noun

کخ • (kox)

  1. goblin, bogey

Noun

کخ • (kox)

  1. (dialectal) apple maggot

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256
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