خایه • (xâye) (plural خایهها (xâye-hâ))
From Middle Persian xāyak, from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian (compare Kurdish hêk, Ossetian айк (ajk), Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬨 (aēm, aiam)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *āwja-(ka), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”) (compare Armenian ձու (ju), English egg, Italian uovo, Russian яйцо (jajco)).