# خوراک
## Pashto
### Etymology

From Classical Persian خوَراک (xwarāk).

### Noun

خوراک • (xwarā́k, xorā́k) m
* food

## Persian
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian *hwlʾk' (/⁠xwarāg⁠/). By surface analysis, خور (xor, present stem of خوردن (xordan, “to eat, to drink, to corrode, to collide with, to fit”)) +‎ ـاک (-âk, suffix that forms the active participle from the present verb stem). The suffix is an alternative form of ـا (-â), which originates from Middle Persian -ʾk' (/⁠-āg⁠/). Akin to Old Armenian խորակ (xorak), an Iranian borrowing. Refer to کاواک (kâvâk) for another example of a word that ends this alternative form of ـا (-â), and to گویا (gôyâ, “capable of speech”) or رسا (resâ, “audible”) for examples of words that ends in the standard form of the suffix.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [xʷa.ɾɑːk]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xoː.ɾɑːk], [xʊ.ɾɑːk]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xoː.ɾɑːk], [xʊ.ɾɑːk]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [xoː.ɾɑːk], [xʊ.ɾɑːk]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [xʊː.ɾɔːk], [xu.ɾɔːk]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [xo.ɹɒːkʲ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [χɵ.ɾɔk]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

خوراک • (xorâk)
* (Dari or archaic) food, victuals, provisions
    Synonyms: غذا, طعام
    خوراک تیار خوش داری؟ (Formal Dari)xōrāk-i tayyār xōš dārī?Do you like fast food?
* daily bread, eatables

#### Derived terms

* خوراکی (xorâki, “food, meal, nourishment”)

#### Descendants

* → Georgian: ხორაგი (xoragi)
* → Azerbaijani: xörək
* → Uzbek: xoʻrak
* → Kazakh: қорек (qorek)

### References

* ↑ Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “خوراک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
* ↑ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “āg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 6

## Punjabi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خوراک (xwarāk).

### Noun

خُراک • (xurāk) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਖ਼ੁਰਾਕ)
* food

## Saraiki
### Etymology

From Classical Persian خوراک (xwārāk).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xuː.ɾaːk/

### Noun

خُوراک (xūrāk) f
* food

## Sindhi
### Etymology

From Classical Persian خوراک (xwarāk).

### Noun

خوراک • (xorākh)
* food

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خوراک. First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi خوراک (xvrak)

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /xʊ.ɾɑːk/
* Rhymes: -ɑːk

### Noun

خوراک • (xorāk) f (Hindi spelling ख़ुराक)
* victuals, meal, food (for humans, animals, or plants etc.)
    Synonyms: کھانا (khānā), غَذا (ġazā)
* one's appetite or diet
* (medicine) dose
* expenses (of an employee etc.)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “خوراک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “خوراک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خوراک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “خوراک”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* S. W. Fallon (1879) “خوراک”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
* John Shakespear (1834) “خوراک”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC