Where does “пок” come from?

пок (Tajik) comes from Classical Persian پاک, from Middle Persian pʾk' — clean, pure, holy.

пок (Tajik): pure, clean

Definitions

  1. pure, clean

Ancestry of “пок”, step by step

пок traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Classical Persian پاک

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianپاک—
2Middle Persianpʾk'clean, pure, holy

via Proto-Turkic bok

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicbokfeces; dirt, dung
Every word from Middle Persian pʾk' →