یخ • (yax)
From Persian یخ (yax).
یخ • (yax) m (Hindi spelling यख़)
From Proto-Iranian *aixa- (compare Ossetian их (ix)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Compare Lithuanian ýnis (“glazed frost”), Russian иней (ínej, “hoarfrost”), Ossetian ех (ex, “ice”), German Eis, English ice.