عینک · عَيْن — glasses, spectacles
Persian coinageCertainnoun · Home & things · everyday
Built in Persian from Arabic parts. Arabic doesn't say it this way.
Arabic
عَيْن
ʿayn/ʕajn/
In Arabic
eye
Arabic says: نَظَّارَة naẓẓāra
Persian
عینک
eynak/ejnæk/
In Persian
glasses, spectacles
- Root
- ع ي ن
Note. 'Little eye': Arabic ʿayn with the Persian suffix -ak. Arabic says naẓẓāra.
Spelling. Arabic ʿayn + Persian diminutive -ak.
Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr