Persian

Noun

سوخ • ‎(sôx) ‎(plural سوخ‌ها ‎(sôx-hâ))

1. (archaic) onion
   • 10th century, Kisai Marvazi:

     می‌نیابم نان خشک و سوخ شب
     تو همه حلوا کنی در شب طلب‎

     mē-nayâbam nân-i xušk u sôx-i šab
     tu hama halwâ kunī dar šab talab

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. bulb (bulb-shaped root)

Synonyms

• پیاز ‎(piyâz)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “سوخ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 706b
• "سوخ" in Dehkhoda Dictionary.
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “սոխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 239ab
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 238