لکه

See also: لكه

Persian

Alternative forms

• لکا (lakâ)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [lak.ˈka]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [läk.kʰǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [läk.kʰǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [läk.kʰǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [läk.kʰǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [lækʲ.kʰʲé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [läk.kʰǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	lakka
Iranian reading?	lakke
Tajik reading?	lakka

Noun

لکه • (lakke)

1. spot, stain

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ləkə
• → Georgian: ლაქა (laka)
• → Ottoman Turkish: لكه (leke)
  • Turkish: leke
  • → Armenian: լաքա (lakʻa), լեքե (lekʻe), լաքյա (lakʻya); լէքէ (lēkʻē), լա̈գ^յա̈ (läg^yä), լա̈ք^յա̈ (läkʻ^yä); լաքայ (lakʻay)
  • → Bulgarian: леке (leke)
  • → Greek: λεκές (lekés)
  • → Romanian: lichea

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “لکه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul