سالک
Appearance
Persian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic سَالِك (sālik).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [sɑː.lik]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sɒː.lekʲ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [sɔ.lik]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | sālik |
Dari reading? | sālik |
Iranian reading? | sâlek |
Tajik reading? | solik |
Noun
[edit]سالک • (sâlek) (plural سالکان (sâlekân))
Etymology 2
[edit]A late 19th-century invention from سال (sâl, “year”) + ـک (-ak) following the belief that normally the disease even without treatment disappears in twelve months.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sɒː.lekʲ]
Readings | |
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Iranian reading? | sâlek |
Noun
[edit]سالک • (sâlek)
Further reading
[edit]- Elgood, Cyril (1934) “The Early History of the Bag̲h̲dād Boil”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (JRAS)[1], volume 66, number 3, , pages 519–533