کلک

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Pashto

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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کلک (klak)

  1. hard; tough
  2. rigid, firm, stiff
  3. inflexible; unyielding
  4. austere

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Derived terms

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Persian

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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کلک (kalak)

  1. trick
Descendants
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  • Azerbaijani: kələk

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic كَلَك (kalak).

Noun

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کلک (kalak)

  1. raft (of inflated skins)

Etymology 3

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Back-formation from کلکین (kilkīn, window), from Hindustani کھڑکی / खिड़की (khiṛkī, a private back-door; postern-gate, wicket, sally-port),[1] compare Latin cancellus.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? kilk
Dari reading? kilk
Iranian reading? kelk
Tajik reading? kilk

Noun

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کلک (kelk)

  1. reed; reed pen
Descendants
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  • Ottoman Turkish: كلك (kilk)

Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? kulk
Dari reading? kulk
Iranian reading? kolk
Tajik reading? kulk

Noun

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کلک (kolk)

  1. Alternative form of کرک (kork)

References

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  1. ^ Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎[1] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 106 Nr. 308 fn. 133